Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:56461 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751043AbYKTGpR (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:45:17 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH ] zd1211rw: enable master mode. (wireless-testing) From: Johannes Berg To: "John W. Linville" Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Rami Rosen , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "kune@deine-taler.de" , Jouni Malinen In-Reply-To: <20081119211826.GJ3485@tuxdriver.com> References: <1226943608.3902.36.camel@johannes.berg> <1227106146.26243.43.camel@johannes.berg> <1227107869.26243.52.camel@johannes.berg> <20081119160135.GB3485@tuxdriver.com> <1227126620.26243.71.camel@johannes.berg> <20081119210046.GC5900@tesla> <20081119211826.GJ3485@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-BRb76VyVonIGQ0MGgHNZ" Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:37:32 +0100 Message-Id: <1227163052.17336.7.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20081120_074526_592081_47E4DAC2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-BRb76VyVonIGQ0MGgHNZ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 16:18 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > > How about making it Kconfigable for broken AP support and add the > > warning there? >=20 > That doesn't really associate the bad behavior with specific drivers. > Probably better to send something do dmesg and/or make hostap aware > of the issue. Indeed. It also doesn't help you when you're sitting on a train, IBSS mode isn't working and you need to exchange information with some other device :) Mind you, normal users would need to have NM support for APs anyway... > Any idea if many STAs are smart enough to stop going to sleep once > (or if) they realize they are missing frames? They barely have a chance to tell the difference between that and just regular packet loss, so I doubt any are. mac80211 certainly wouldn't be, and I don't see how to program such a thing easily. johannes --=-BRb76VyVonIGQ0MGgHNZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJJJQWoAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYdF0P/327tKQykdgLBc7apQUMx0r5 me+3zaxzkmFk1oxjGg2/8aweP4MXtq57xensD7CWpgb6+K+Yij8WCQqAvembdjGL /fViWewEGBMrzfJnvN1U0r6bqMevsk95Y62lge1SdqM5/58wFLeI4Eu9fu4Ee1DM eYIJUHhr6D9PiHmbAe/3G0O2amw6hDUVyuU+3wzMRmFDeEBW6ZT4jk4B7nI28beL 8qty9dttpenU5jc4VoR48JLYY/OtbA4crNDU8wmeaqxQvc38RiR2rxIOB6Kd/8rr vI8XgdrGzTEDXEEUeqdOsyT+kYWO3S0Z9f7SlGmivB5FeSiOAyLze0V6wtjgsdxz 5RdTtplf4xBLF9gqbsPDM5Rig8p/2BZSz/0bSSJzM3srmCNkSLzTJmyBhwL7Nq04 RoeURMEnNVpzqMjB5pcrJ8p6F2SLm3+wdCRzEnBZuMvBTk/c/p8FKR7pvSuLlZep 1NkVRgxp9a6Crg23BQkoFbDFW1kynTQF65otnlw/60UDFq0YAh2/Iv+sDSCdMt58 LUO70BYiXzl/o96L9c1l/Li2m3KSkNpa0Cz8kYSBlHnT4wfDK6CSDmwZVIm4mSN7 rbK6GHc9NBAYdRRnWK+rSALpM9by9S15Aben2tQ0ey5/r2jSbfUZ8bpD4HwcFzdT 3+o7IFVAJvS/Nw7rM0PN =xVpS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-BRb76VyVonIGQ0MGgHNZ--