Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:45492 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751473AbZGaH6m (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:58:42 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: use beacons for connection monitoring From: Johannes Berg To: Maxim Levitsky Cc: Reinette Chatre , linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1249026181.29587.14.camel@johannes.local> References: <1248903159-17024-1-git-send-email-reinette.chatre@intel.com> <1249024097.7653.6.camel@maxim-laptop> <1249026181.29587.14.camel@johannes.local> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-MDRdiwxXcPYoZOBd7wSH" Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:58:07 +0200 Message-Id: <1249027087.29587.18.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-MDRdiwxXcPYoZOBd7wSH Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 09:43 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > Fix it then. Offer an implementation of your superior solution. I just don't think that this patch is a solution because it means that we'll be connected to the AP forever, without knowing anything is wrong, if the AP can reach us but we can't reach the AP (maybe because we have a good Intel card with great sensitivity). Sure -- it's possible to factor in transmit status reports (but remember that not all hardware gives those reliably) or do things on a different schedule etc. But as long as nobody wants to really improve things I don't see why we should take the regression and _remove_ the current behaviour. johannes --=-MDRdiwxXcPYoZOBd7wSH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAABAgAGBQJKcqQKAAoJEODzc/N7+QmamJgP/1zj9+gpWM4WWU+eANXhGyDT XG7xUdNdMz1ADamyGPA/eyFP/2WEuY2/02W492nS5O0/OyocgrNlwVP5ShQHy1Wb JXI4KSfsSGrGYbcnLcXl6F1WHFPrXECfi5hk0y4UrdtZ2SifW/IvxTwCNsHMSE+e oBHSkjUXiBtjKCk32C3iGJ/UUd0dI40XSAgUkIUyouWBUqflLI/9T6Rh3+6hAHZK IAyxirT4ccqcu+UmrgbcbAuz5AmjcVlP2Wc6qRgZHNljSzJ9hOZKl728Q7+tEbQc 7q7HoPrDW34UZ089CSP9s8p1rYGqXeidFj4wjun0PnIsQniyyZNjfNRK4AchzjY0 NKuUWwKZz1ViC+mk1C2gYxwXr/mdIwiZjzlCjVVE1Utx1MF+m894pC+50IiRC1j0 q8WDONBI28Qb7zFgVeFgKhh88R/sxg245CZOE2wiNn1bg9pRFO1u66iGekGKu+Me wsDUOWxwWNOk8bZE740eyYWdBNqayqbC+s3SzGo+6APnNIoHorVFRIRZ9A7fPqk+ wNZZ7t+2lKoZ20+c1wpyWCgSi9wMOONhDLKUCSxA3auvn40EMjsnVnozziNeTPET XHB0/d5+tGo9NAA4qqvDc6z+9grnVKe2sjwIK6XFvBSMNUiWh8dk8lAgaWr9CSgz frM7yh73CQD38kEQw8UV =NQoC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-MDRdiwxXcPYoZOBd7wSH--