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RE: [RFCv2 1/2] mac80211: Add provision for 802.11 encap offload

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>> Drivers can have the capability to offload 802.11 encap to firmware or
>> hardware for data frames. This patch adds a new hw_flag for driver to
>> advertise the offload support.
>> Transmit path offloading 802.11 header (including cipher headers)
>> encap for data frames will be implemented in a separate patch.
>>
>> Drivers advertising this capability should also implement other
>> functionalities which deal with 802.11 frame format like below
>>
>>         - Hardware encryption
>>         - Aggregation of A-MSDU offload
>>         - Fragmentation offload
>
>Not much point in having this as a separate patch, but this documentation
>paragraph should move into the documentation for the new flag in
>mac80211.h

[Manikanta] Sure.

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Manikanta




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