From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Apparently this was confusing still ... add a note that the byte is needed as padding. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/rx.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/mac80211/rx.c 2011-04-18 17:02:40.000000000 +0200 +++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c 2011-04-18 17:04:07.000000000 +0200 @@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ ieee80211_add_rx_radiotap_header(struct if (status->flag & RX_FLAG_HT) { /* * MCS information is a separate field in radiotap, - * added below. + * added below. The byte here is needed as padding + * for the channel though, so initialise it to 0. */ *pos = 0; } else { -- 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