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Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: allow low level drivers to report packet loss

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On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 23:44 +0300, Arik Nemtsov wrote:

> Well in a wl12xx chip we just configure some thresholds to the FW and
> it triggers the event for us. Using TX status doesn't really make
> sense since the FW has automatic rate control (so 50 tries are more
> like 50 * 8).

Yeah same for the mac80211 approach, since we take packets, not retries.

> > Also, are you sure? Do you really not get _any_ TX status?
> 
> Currently we do get TX status, but there are plans to remove it later on.

That's your choice, but I wouldn't do it. You'll have to support TX
status when requested, otherwise AP operation won't work, so you need
the code anyway.

johannes

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