Subject: Re: bpf, net80211 and FCS
To: Eric Auge <eau@phear.org>
From: David Young <dyoung@pobox.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/03/2005 09:37:46
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:35:10AM +0200, Eric Auge wrote:
> David Young wrote:
> >All 802.11 NICs check the FCS. Most NICs will indicate to the driver
> >whether the FCS was correct or not. The radiotap header was designed
> >to carry that kind of "meta-information" about frames. If you were
> >so inclined, you could modify the drivers to set a "FCS (in)correct"
> >flag in the radiotap header, and submit a patch. :-)
>
> right, I first wanted to ask if I was not missing something obvious,
> and to get an idea of a clean patch, which you gave.
>
> I'll do one and submit here for review, or should I send-pr ?
Both! :-)
> Thanks for your help,
No problem.
Dave
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