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Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH] ath5k : Fix correct padding

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2008/12/11 Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 22:58 +0100, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote:
>> Padding the 802.11 header to a multiple of 4 bytes needs to be done only
>> for DATA frames. This fixes a bug where 2 bytes were missing in monitor
>> mode for ACK frames.
>
> That's the wrong way around, you're not padding anything, you're
> unpadding it.
>

Agreed, does the hardware really care for control frames if there's
a padding on the TX side?

Also, Patrick already posted a patch:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122888546315200&w=2


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