Return-path: Received: from mail.atheros.com ([12.36.123.2]:31068 "EHLO mail.atheros.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752269AbYLAXto (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2008 18:49:44 -0500 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([10.10.20.108]) by sidewinder.atheros.com for ; Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:49:44 -0800 Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 15:49:42 -0800 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: Johannes Berg CC: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Kalle Valo , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [RFC v3 2/4] mac80211: implement dynamic power save Message-ID: <20081201234941.GT5992@tesla> (sfid-20081202_004948_510419_8114D029) References: <1227901784-5325-1-git-send-email-kalle.valo@nokia.com> <1227901784-5325-3-git-send-email-kalle.valo@nokia.com> <43e72e890812011110o4aeb8334k6702f64a1867e1f7@mail.gmail.com> <1228171242.10627.48.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" In-Reply-To: <1228171242.10627.48.camel@johannes.berg> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 02:40:41PM -0800, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 11:10 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > > Might be worth noting that when dynamic power save is enabled for > > mac80211 that this will only work right now for devices which handle > > power save in firmware as power save is not yet implemented in > > mac80211. > > Power save mode inherently is a feature that needs to be implemented on > the chip due to timing requirements, what else are you looking for in > mac80211? mac80211 tells the chip "it's ok to enter PS mode now" via the > hw conf callback, that's pretty much all it can do. Well the stuff vivek is adding. Luis