TX flags

Bit Number
15
Structure
u16 flags
Required Alignment
2
Unit
bitmap

Properties of transmitted frames.

mask

meaning

0x0001

Transmission failed due to excessive retries

0x0002

Transmission used CTS-to-self protection

0x0004

Transmission used RTS/CTS handshake

0x0008

Transmission shall not expect an ACK frame and not retry when no ACK is received

Discussion

Used by NetBSD and Linux, clashes with ../hardware queue as used in OpenBSD.

The no-ack bit is used for uses of radiotap when frames are sent and is not used anywhere yet.

suggested-fields/TX flags (last edited 2008-06-19 20:47:14 by JohannesBerg)