Return-path: Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:32579 "EHLO c60.cesmail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750812AbYKXUaP (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:30:15 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: enabling an AP that can't support fully PS clients (wireless-testing). From: Pavel Roskin To: Rami Rosen Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net, j@w1.fi In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:30:12 -0500 Message-Id: <1227558612.28878.1.camel@dv> (sfid-20081124_213019_748805_AB0310EC) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 09:44 +0200, Rami Rosen wrote: > This patch enables mac80211 to support the PS challenged mode when > used in master mode. > A new attribute, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_AP_PS_CHALLENGED, was added to > nl80211_attrs; also a new member (ap_ps_challenged) was added to > struct wiphy; and nl80211_send_wiphy() was adjusted accordingly. > > User space applications (like hostapd) should check the > NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_AP_PS_CHALLENGED > attribute and display a proper message, if it is set, to inform the > users. Maybe it would be better to require a switch to hostapd to enable support for such devices? Messages are too easy to ignore. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin