linux-kernel - Re: [ 104/173] rt2x00: Dont let mac80211 send a BAR when an AMPDU subframe fails

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Date:	Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:41:39 +0100
From:	Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@...19freenet.de>
To:	Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@...glemail.com>
CC:	Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@...19freenet.de>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [ 104/173] rt2x00: Dont let mac80211 send a BAR when an AMPDU
 subframe fails

Hello Helmut!

Helmut Schaa wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Andreas Hartmann
> <andihartmann@...19freenet.de> wrote:
>> The solution would be IMHO, to implement an own aggregation handling,
>> maybe the same way as it was done for carl9170, which had the same problem:
>>
>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/100793/focus=1405
>>
>> I prefer to have solutions (if one is known) instead of another workaround.
> 
> JFI, I'm just working on exactly that (handling BAR TX status in
> driver to implement proper RX reorder window flushing at the peer). I'll post it for
> further testing to the rt2x00 list once I'm done.

Thank you for your time spent on this problem! I really appreciate it!


Kind regards!
Andreas
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