On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 10:08 +0530, Sujith wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/net/mac80211.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
> index 9a5869e..742937f 100644
> --- a/include/net/mac80211.h
> +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
> @@ -262,6 +262,26 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
> IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE = BIT(12),
> };
>
> +/**
> + * enum mac80211_rate_control_flags - per-rate flags set by the
> + * Rate Control algorithm.
> + *
> + * These flags are set by the Rate control algorithm for each rate during tx,
> + * in the @flags member of struct ieee80211_tx_rate.
> + *
> + * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_RTS_CTS: Use RTS/CTS exchange for this rate.
> + * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_CTS_PROTECT: CTS-to-self protection is required.
> + * This is set if the current BSS requires ERP protection.
> + * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_USE_SHORT_PREAMBLE: Use short preamble.
> + * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_MCS: HT rate.
> + * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_GREEN_FIELD: Indicates whether this rate can be used in
> + * Greenfield mode.
> + * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_40_MHZ_WIDTH: Indicates if the Channel Width can be 40 MHz.
> + * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_DUP_DATA: the frame should be transmitted on both of the
> + * adjacent 20 MHz channels, if the current channel type is
> + * NL80211_CHAN_HT40MINUS or NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS.
> + * @IEEE80211_TX_RC_SHORT_GI: Short Guard interval can be used for this rate.
> + */
Are you sure all this should say "can" rather than "should"? I'm
thinking that the driver should just follow whatever the rc algorithm
said here?
johannes
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