Re: Mods to acking procedure

Vikram KAUL <[email protected]> Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:04:17 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.linux-wlan.user
Message-ID <Pine.WNT.4.60.0511111301560.3836@vkaul-laptop>
Wait. I got it
It is all in:
src/p80211/p80211netdev.c

p80211_rx_typedrop assesses the packets (data/ctrl/mgt) and makes decision 
on handling those packets.
I think I have the hang of it now.

But as far as controlling the mods using ioctl, am I on the right track ?

Vikram

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+ Vikram KAUL  vkaul_AT_research_DOT_telcordia_DOT_com +
+ Wireless Systems and Networks Research               +
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Vikram KAUL wrote:

vkaul>Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:49:33 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
vkaul>From: Vikram KAUL <[email protected]>
vkaul>To: [email protected]
vkaul>Subject: [lwlan-user] Mods to acking procedure
vkaul>
vkaul>
vkaul>Folks,
vkaul>
vkaul> Thanks for the help in my attempts earlier in getting the driver to run
vkaul>on a linksys compact flash card.
vkaul>
vkaul> My end goal is this. I want to modify the broadcast mechanism to include
vkaul>some acknowledge mechanism. Additionally, I also want to create an API to
vkaul>control that mechanism on the fly. That, I suppose will involve creating
vkaul>some ioctls.
vkaul>
vkaul> Where in the driver are data packets handled and passed on to the higher
vkaul>layers ? Is it there where the mods for acknowledgement have to take place
vkaul>?
vkaul>
vkaul> Can someone point in the right direction ?
vkaul>
vkaul>regards..
vkaul>Vikram
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