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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix TX sequence numbers

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On Thursday 10 July 2008 11:21:26 Johannes Berg wrote:
> This patch makes mac80211 assign proper sequence numbers to
> QoS-data frames. It also removes the old sequence number code
> because we noticed that only the driver or hardware can assign
> sequence numbers to non-QoS-data and especially management
> frames in a race-free manner because beacons aren't passed
> through mac80211's TX path.
> 
> This patch also adds temporary code to the rt2x00 drivers to
> not break them completely, that code will have to be reworked
> for proper sequence numbers on beacons.
> 
> It also moves sequence number assignment down in the TX path
> so no sequence numbers are assigned to frames that are dropped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---


>  drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c         |    3 -
>  drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/xmit.c   |    3 -

ACK

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Greetings Michael.
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