On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 05:17:15PM -0700, Manu Bansal wrote: > I am trying to do a soft-radio implementation on linux using mac80211 > for the parts of 802.11 MAC it implements. It appears that it does not > do the whole MAC, instead only the MLME portion of it, and the core > functions of carrier sensing, backoff etc are still in > firmware/hardware. Is this understanding correct? Are the mac80211 > book and code the best references to understand this split of > functionality, or there is a more complete/concise reference? I think you read it correctly. -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html