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Re: [PATCH] iwl4965: remove useless network and duplicate checking

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On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 09:17:15PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 
> > > The iwlwifi drivers go to great lengths to avoid passing packets to
> > > mac80211 they think shouldn't go there, while mac80211 can (of course!)
> > > handle them very well.
> > >
> > > Especially in the case of duplicate packets this is interesting
> > > because it's such a performance hog (especially for IBSS networks)
> > > while mac80211 does that work on the side without much effort.
> > >
> > > This patch removes all that and leaves only what is absolutely
> > > necessary for the hardware.
> 
> 
> > Looks good to me. let me just repost it rebased over our latest code.
> 
> ping? This one no longer applies.

Was going to ask about that one myself...

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