Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:46671 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752503AbYKXVBO (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:01:14 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:45:31 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Johannes Berg Cc: Rami Rosen , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, j@w1.fi Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: enabling an AP that can't support fully PS clients (wireless-testing). Message-ID: <20081124204531.GC3983@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20081124_220119_575325_EBBCFDB8) References: <1227522732.3599.58.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1227522732.3599.58.camel@johannes.berg> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:32:12AM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > 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. > > Jouni, thoughts about the naming? I proposed this to Rami but I'm not > married to it, any better idea? NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_AP_PS_UNSUPPORTED? John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.