mac802154: change frame_retries behaviour
This patch changes the default minimum value of frame_retries to 0 and
changes the frame_retries default value to 3 which is also 802.15.4
default.
We don't use the frame_retries "-1" value as indicator for no-aret mode
anymore, instead we checking on the ack request bit inside the 802.15.4
frame control field. This allows a acknowledge handling per frame. This
checking is done by transceiver or inside xmit callback of driver layer.
If a transceiver doesn't support ARET handling the transmit
functionality ignores ack frames then, which isn't well but should not
effect anything of current functionality.
Reviewed-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@osg.samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
diff --git a/net/mac802154/main.c b/net/mac802154/main.c
index 9e55431..e8cab5b 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/main.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/main.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
phy->supported.max_minbe = 8;
phy->supported.min_maxbe = 3;
phy->supported.max_maxbe = 8;
- phy->supported.min_frame_retries = -1;
+ phy->supported.min_frame_retries = 0;
phy->supported.max_frame_retries = 7;
phy->supported.max_csma_backoffs = 5;
phy->supported.lbt = NL802154_SUPPORTED_BOOL_FALSE;
@@ -177,11 +177,8 @@
}
if (!(hw->flags & IEEE802154_HW_FRAME_RETRIES)) {
- /* TODO should be 3, but our default value is -1 which means
- * no ARET handling.
- */
- local->phy->supported.min_frame_retries = -1;
- local->phy->supported.max_frame_retries = -1;
+ local->phy->supported.min_frame_retries = 3;
+ local->phy->supported.max_frame_retries = 3;
}
if (hw->flags & IEEE802154_HW_PROMISCUOUS)