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Re: [PATCH 60g v2 0/5] Infrastructure for 60g (802.11ad)

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On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 18:01 +0300, Vladimir Kondratiev wrote:

> So, now I'll focus on the last patch - bitrate calculation.
> 
> My plan is:
> 
> - add new element like NL80211_RATE_INFO_BITRATE_HT with u32 data
> - change nl80211_put_sta_rate() to fill both
>   NL80211_RATE_INFO_BITRATE (with u16 value)
>   and NL80211_RATE_INFO_BITRATE_HT (with u32 value)
> - when bitrate not fit into u16, put 0 for u16 value and fill only u32

I think you should leave out the BITRATE value completely, not fill it
with 0.

> This opens migration path for the drivers and user space tools to the
> new u32 representation without breaking existing code.

Other than that, yes, good plan.

johannes

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