From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from nbd.name ([88.198.39.176]:41349 "EHLO ds10.nbd.name" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752627Ab0DRQFH (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:05:07 -0400 Message-ID: <4BCB2DB3.3020700@openwrt.org> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:05:07 +0200 From: Felix Fietkau MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Johannes Berg CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linville@tuxdriver.com, lrodriguez@atheros.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] mac80211: add flags for STBC (Space-Time Block Coding) References: <1271602602-8538-1-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> <1271602602-8538-2-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> <1271602602-8538-3-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> <1271602602-8538-4-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> <1271602602-8538-5-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> <1271602602-8538-6-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> <1271602602-8538-7-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> <1271606009.3873.0.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> In-Reply-To: <1271606009.3873.0.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2010-04-18 5:53 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 16:56 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote: >> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau >> --- >> include/linux/ieee80211.h | 1 + >> include/net/mac80211.h | 3 +++ >> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/ieee80211.h b/include/linux/ieee80211.h >> index 1252ba1..97b2eae 100644 >> --- a/include/linux/ieee80211.h >> +++ b/include/linux/ieee80211.h >> @@ -876,6 +876,7 @@ struct ieee80211_ht_cap { >> #define IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_40 0x0040 >> #define IEEE80211_HT_CAP_TX_STBC 0x0080 >> #define IEEE80211_HT_CAP_RX_STBC 0x0300 >> +#define IEEE80211_HT_CAP_RX_STBC_SHIFT 8 >> #define IEEE80211_HT_CAP_DELAY_BA 0x0400 >> #define IEEE80211_HT_CAP_MAX_AMSDU 0x0800 >> #define IEEE80211_HT_CAP_DSSSCCK40 0x1000 >> diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h >> index 75056dd..eadf794 100644 >> --- a/include/net/mac80211.h >> +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h >> @@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf { >> * MLME command (internal to mac80211 to figure out whether to send TX >> * status to user space) >> * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC: tells the driver to use LDPC for this frame >> + * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC: tells the driver to use Space-Time Block Coding >> + * (STBC) for this frame. >> */ >> enum mac80211_tx_control_flags { >> IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS = BIT(0), >> @@ -299,6 +301,7 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags { >> IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_HAS_RADIOTAP = BIT(20), >> IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NL80211_FRAME_TX = BIT(21), >> IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC = BIT(22), >> + IEEE80211_TX_CTL_STBC = BIT(23), > > What if the # of streams is different? That doesn't look sufficient. Hm, you're right. I initially thought the combination of the MCS index and the STBC flag would be enough, but there are still some corner cases. Want me to use BIT(23)|BIT(24) for this and add a shift, as with the HT capability? - Felix