Re: [RFC 0/2] bind RTS threshold to vif.

[Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, May 17, 2012 17:58:41 Lukasz Kucharczyk wrote:
> following patches bind rts threshold to vif.
> I think it might be useful in multi channel operation
> (one chip handling multiple virtual interfaces on different
> channels).
> 
> RTS threshold is still set with NL80211_CMD_SET_WIPHY, and can
> be now executed for both hw and vif, so it's backward compatible
> (from userspace).

As much as I like the idea of having per vif rts/cts settings, the rts/cts 
user space API is useless as long as these settings are bluntly ignored by 
certain rate control algorithms. I already had to explain to a dozen people 
who turned rts/cts off via this API does not really turn it off.
Therefore, I suggest to remove the rts/cts API altogether, so that nobody 
falls into the trap of believing this does anything useful.

Regards,
Marek
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