It sounds like there needs to be an optional TX field which says "ok, now really, how many retransmits?"
-a On 18 January 2014 16:59, abhinav narain <abhinavnarai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, that was my first guess-- to use a different access class than BE! > I want to do add some extra redundancy bits in the payload .. I wasn't sure > if it's easier to > do it in mac80211 susbsystem or in the driver .. I see one cannot know > anything about > in the packet in the driver as they are just linked list, but I wasn't sure > where to do in mac80211. > > Thanks, > Abhinav > > > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Adrian Chadd <adr...@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> Yeah, I'd dump them into the VO queue and set their retry counts much >> higher. >> >> >> -a >> >> >> On 17 January 2014 22:57, Ben Greear <gree...@candelatech.com> wrote: >> > On 01/17/2014 10:22 PM, abhinav narain wrote: >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> I wanted to have some extra redundancy to be present in certain >> >> packets, like DNS frames so that I can increase the probability >> >> of it getting across. >> >> >> >> I was interested in knowing how can I achieve this in ath9k. >> >> Which functions should I look into ? >> >> Do I have to parse the frame in driver before transmitting to >> >> find out it is a DNS packet or is there something else that can >> >> be done cleverly ? >> >> >> >> PS: I understand that the sender and the receiver both have >> >> to be modified for such an aim. >> > >> > I'd first make sure they are sent on the VO (high priority) >> > queue. That could be done in the stack, or could be done in >> > the dns process for the station. For AP, it would probably have to >> > be done in the stack. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Ben >> > >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Abhinav >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> ath9k-devel mailing list >> >> ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org >> >> https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Ben Greear <gree...@candelatech.com> >> > Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > ath9k-devel mailing list >> > ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org >> > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel > > _______________________________________________ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
