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Re: [PATCH 3/3] mac80211: Add HT rates into radiotap

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On Friday 12 December 2008 16:16:19 Jouni Malinen wrote:
> While I'm not against defining something more officially for radiotap,
> I do not agree with the part about this format being that brain-dead.
> Both 40 MHz and short GI are indicated (IEEE80211_CHAN_TURBO and
> IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_SHORTGI) and shown in the current wireshark
> release.
Changing the meaning of the old "txrate" field (by putting an index inside) is 
a great way to break the userspace interface to any existing program. :(

Just get a new field for the mcs index.

Henning

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