If it's anything like what ath9k does, there's a flag that the upper layers can set which marks that particular frame as not requiring an ACK.
So you wouldn't require it to be done via an iw command - you'd just appropriately tag your data frames. Adrian On 19 January 2012 00:35, David Murray <d.mur...@murdoch.edu.au> wrote: > Hi, > > I am interested in disabling the MAC layer ack. I have read > http://www.mail-archive.com/ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org/msg04587.html > > Is there any chance of a hook being put into ath5k so that it could be > enabled or disabled with an iwpriv or something similar. It seems like > it is part of the 802.11e framework > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11e-2005#NoAck > > It would also be useful for anyone doing long distance networking or > experimenting with TDMA based MAC layers. > > Thanks for your time, > Dave > _______________________________________________ > ath5k-devel mailing list > ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org > https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-devel >
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