netdev - Re: [PATCH] mac80211: rewrite fragmentation code

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Message-Id: <200805071548.06693.mb@bu3sch.de>
Date:	Wed, 7 May 2008 15:48:06 +0200
From:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@...el.com>,
	Tomas Winkler <tomasw@...il.com>,
	Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com>,
	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: rewrite fragmentation code

On Wednesday 07 May 2008 15:05:48 Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:52:13PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> >
> > Hmm. Why does busy exist then? Historical accident? I really really
> 
> Yes it's historical baggage.  These days the biggest users would
> be LLTX drivers which should all be converted to non-LLTX and
> drivers that don't keep track of queue status properly.

So there's no way to actually fail in a TX handler? Drivers
are doomed to drop the packet, if they cannot handle it due to
ring overflow?

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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