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Re: [PATCHv2 2/2] mac80211: Don't use a buf_size=0 in ADDBA requests

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On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 11:46 +0200, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> According to 802.11-2007, 7.3.1.14 it is compliant to use a buf_size of
> 0 in ADDBA requests. But some devices (AVM Fritz Stick N) arn't able to
> handle that correctly and will reply with an ADDBA reponse with a
> buf_size of 0 which in turn will disallow BA sessions for these
> devices.
> 
> To work around this problem, initialize hw.max_tx_aggregation_subframes
> to the maximum AMPDU buffer size 0x40.
> 
> Using 0 as default for the bufsize was introduced in commit
> 5dd36bc933e8be84f8369ac64505a2938f9ce036 (mac80211: allow advertising
> correct maximum aggregate size).

So, are you saying the problem with getting 0 in replies is solved by
not sending 0 in requests?

Patch looks fine to me, but it's not clear to me that it's the only
thing needed?

Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

johannes

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