Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:36520 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751426AbZGaQVy (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:21:54 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 002/002] [MAC80211] Increase timeouts for station polling From: Johannes Berg To: Maxim Levitsky Cc: linux-wireless , linville , Reinette Chatre In-Reply-To: <1249057021.20593.5.camel@maxim-laptop> References: <1249056817.20593.1.camel@maxim-laptop> <1249057021.20593.5.camel@maxim-laptop> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-cZ2D8AL+Jy1j9Gle8Eo/" Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:21:33 +0200 Message-Id: <1249057293.25587.11.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-cZ2D8AL+Jy1j9Gle8Eo/ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 19:17 +0300, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > >From 04976d22d45f26aa4b4dece5dd520e3347ac32d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Maxim Levitsky > Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:54:23 +0300 > Subject: [PATCH] [MAC80211] Increase timeouts for station polling >=20 > Do a probe request every 30 seconds, and wait for probe response, half a = second > This should lower the traffic that card sends, thus save power Indeed. We just tested that :) Acked-by: Johannes Berg >=20 > Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky > --- > net/mac80211/mlme.c | 4 ++-- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >=20 > diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c > index 1d8640a..e4bb590 100644 > --- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c > +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c > @@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ > * Time the connection can be idle before we probe > * it to see if we can still talk to the AP. > */ > -#define IEEE80211_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIME (2 * HZ) > +#define IEEE80211_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIME (30 * HZ) > /* > * Time we wait for a probe response after sending > * a probe request because of beacon loss or for > * checking the connection still works. > */ > -#define IEEE80211_PROBE_WAIT (HZ / 5) > +#define IEEE80211_PROBE_WAIT (HZ / 2) > =20 > #define TMR_RUNNING_TIMER 0 > #define TMR_RUNNING_CHANSW 1 --=-cZ2D8AL+Jy1j9Gle8Eo/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAABAgAGBQJKcxoJAAoJEODzc/N7+QmaDFcP/0eGkcyToVUb0cuM3vfXBBVR FG6M2Jl1b8fTe2Mpu5ql5X9T/XcxTm7xlE1eLWp+yuFvCVv9CGXMXO9q/fXIq7cb TvkCvg+y1UliHuoxPNzjl+dId9sOTOD7Wpclta9ibW2ZijshIeoZPTGAoCYucEfX GgP69Mxf1p+f5FnO2kQ5ucrD9lbwPEJ/dTvWX6P9y3IU61L5+fneYFGzccYUyvoJ d8W2ZRZ2lUWX9Dv93EPxsj6t1M6pOQaR1nygwNbM0+f+oHXR97w0QzoMloT8cP+r 3DcFZEQVW6o9nKb3TV8TEiSTHWBZGqE3c3Gb8xiw7FT/kyVtvLSpC21npMiYtsII w1S05X8/s11BucgWaTQbtELrFzEhfoo/ha5C2Ullxz6d1Soq/XtHUNZLAK7yCPw5 V6mGEbPkT89l3eOva7AvtbGUlr352dK64B/ck0WKWYbA3fw401FRjGp8VcOe8Wlh LA2t95kQTzkm8ZhiY+2RTvvyQOQQ4nduSlkTDpVI9J1FNeTczyNP3Xk6tka7hpx8 kUTJIfnAxu77QvTfM70UWC1QVtvkoAs9ET3dPSctX3UFBQcIjuOSfMjRJY3aQcaQ t7z9N7ZMW6Um1ECzQ3xF1k6KavnRjJOPQPAYB7Ol1r0Bsrb6YQHz3JGKzp4oV8gh 9J3sUNHnbHGEbbjIwcQ+ =XN/9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-cZ2D8AL+Jy1j9Gle8Eo/--