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Re: [PATCH 7/9] mac80211: add flags for STBC (Space-Time Block Coding)

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On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 11:06 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2010-04-19 10:59 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 10:45 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> >> On 2010-04-19 7:57 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> >> > On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 18:05 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> >> > 
> >> >> >> + * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC: tells the driver to use Space-Time Block Coding
> >> >> >> + *  (STBC) for this frame.
> >> >> >>   */
> >> >> >>  enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
> >> >> >>  	IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS		= BIT(0),
> >> >> >> @@ -299,6 +301,7 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
> >> >> >>  	IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_HAS_RADIOTAP		= BIT(20),
> >> >> >>  	IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NL80211_FRAME_TX	= BIT(21),
> >> >> >>  	IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC			= BIT(22),
> >> >> >> +	IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC			= BIT(23),
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > What if the # of streams is different? That doesn't look sufficient.
> >> > 
> >> >> Hm, you're right. I initially thought the combination of the MCS index
> >> >> and the STBC flag would be enough, but there are still some corner cases.
> >> > 
> >> > Hm actually I guess that should be sufficient? What corner case are you
> >> > thinking of?
> >> Support for multi-rate retry and STBC with more than one stream on one
> >> side, using rates from both MCS0-7 and MCS8-15 in the rate series.
> >> Rx STBC for only one stream on the other side.
> > 
> > So the flag should be per rate entry instead, no?

> Well, I think if we use two bits in the tx control flags, we don't need
> it to be per rate entry.

But then you can't probe stbc properly, can you?

> We don't have any space left for more per rate entry flags ;)

separate problem ;)

johannes

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