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Re: [PATCH RFC] mac80211: don't ask drivers to retry transmitting NO_ACK frames

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On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 00:34 +0200, Gábor Stefanik wrote:
> Set the total count of TX tries to 1 if IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK is
> set. This fixes a bug where mac80211 allowed the RC algo to request
> drivers to forcibly retransmit NO_ACK (e.g. multicast) frames until
> the excessive-retries limit is reached.

Why not fix the rate control algorithms to use the no-ack flag instead
of is_multicast?

> Signed-off-by: Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> Patch also available as attachment in case Gmail linewraps it.

You need to get a proper MUA.

johannes

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