patch-2.4.21 linux-2.4.21/drivers/net/wireless/ieee802_11.h

• Lines: 17
• Date: 2003-06-13 07:51:35.000000000 -0700
• Orig file: linux-2.4.20/drivers/net/wireless/ieee802_11.h
• Orig date: 2002-08-02 17:39:44.000000000 -0700

diff -urN linux-2.4.20/drivers/net/wireless/ieee802_11.h linux-2.4.21/drivers/net/wireless/ieee802_11.h
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 #define _IEEE802_11_H
 
 #define IEEE802_11_DATA_LEN		2304
-/* Actually, the standard seems to be inconsistent about what the
-   maximum frame size really is.  S6.2.1.1.2 says 2304 octets, but the
-   figure in section 7.1.2 says 2312 octects. */
+/* Maximum size for the MA-UNITDATA primitive, 802.11 standard section
+   6.2.1.1.2.
+
+   The figure in section 7.1.2 suggests a body size of up to 2312
+   bytes is allowed, which is a bit confusing, I suspect this
+   represents the 2304 bytes of real data, plus a possible 8 bytes of
+   WEP IV and ICV. (this interpretation suggested by Ramiro Barreiro) */
 #define IEEE802_11_HLEN			30
 #define IEEE802_11_FRAME_LEN		(IEEE802_11_DATA_LEN + IEEE802_11_HLEN)