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Subject: Re: Atheros, hardware access layer, collisions
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> OK - you can probably achieve that by setting the retry limit to
> be 1, setting CWmin to be very small.=20

I was looking for this in the ah.h and the ah_desc.h files.  Are they
someplace else, or maybe this is a system call?  I can't find anything
about the retry limit (<-- CWmin =3D retry?)  Thanks,

Sam

>However, you'll need to make
> sure that both machines transmissions are synchronised to better
> than 20us (which is no mean feat), otherwise carrier sense will
> foil your plan!
>=20
>         David.
>