Parameters passed to ath_hal_setuptxdesc() from ath(4)

Rob Deker deker at slackdot.org
Tue Sep 14 17:24:07 PDT 2004


On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 19:21, Sam Leffler wrote:

> > ~ - Is this a function of the HAL?
> 
> hardware (but only 5210 parts need it).
> 
> > ~ - If so, does the header length parameter to ath_hal_setuptxdesc()
> > tell the HAL how many bytes it needs to send at a slower rate?
> > ~ - If  the answers to the first two questions were "yes", and I wanted
> > to provide a mechanism for the application programmer to specify
> > his/her header length, what (if any) are the limits imposed on this
> > parameter by the HAL?
> 
> hdrLen <= pktLen probably; though I'm not sure a 5210 would care what you 
> supplied.
> 
So if it were to have an "incorrect" value would listening STAs still
properly recieve the packet?

Also, on a related note, is the txpower parameter actually honored? I
noted that it's hardcoded to '60' and wondered.

thanks,

-d
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