Return-path: Received: from fw.wantstofly.org ([80.101.37.227]:53320 "EHLO mail.wantstofly.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754238Ab0AZQlV (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:41:21 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:41:18 +0100 From: Lennert Buytenhek To: Johannes Berg Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, kalle.valo@iki.fi, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, j@w1.fi, wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: wait for beacon before enabling powersave Message-ID: <20100126164118.GM25367@mail.wantstofly.org> References: <1264511993.25642.9.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1264511993.25642.9.camel@johannes.local> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 02:19:52PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Because DTIM information is required for powersave > but is only conveyed in beacons, wait for a beacon > before enabling powersave, and change the way the > information is conveyed to the driver accordingly. > > mwl8k doesn't currently seem to implement PS but > requires the DTIM period in a different way; after > talking to Lennert we agreed to just have mwl8k do > the parsing itself in the finalize_join work. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Acked-by: Lennert Buytenhek