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From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
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On Sep 14, 2004, at 5:23 PM, Rob Deker wrote:

> 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?

I have no idea, try it.

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

per-packet TPC is not working right now.

	Sam