Return-path: Received: from mx51.mymxserver.com ([85.199.173.110]:6745 "EHLO mx51.mymxserver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750844Ab0CSJtp (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:49:45 -0400 From: Holger Schurig To: Juuso Oikarinen Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mac80211: Add support connection monitor in hardware Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:51:09 +0100 Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <1268975693-4329-1-git-send-email-juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> In-Reply-To: <1268975693-4329-1-git-send-email-juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Message-Id: <201003191051.09596.holgerschurig@gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > The wl1271 has a feature which handles the connection monitor logic > in hardware, basically sending periodically nullfunc frames and reporting > to the host if AP is lost, after attempting to recover by sending > probe-requests to the AP. Hmm, do you really need to make it configurable? * works the wl1271 firmware better with this set? * or better when unset? * or is it a "depends on" type answer? As far as I understood you, it works better if the firmware detects the connection loss and when mac80211 doesn't interfere. If this understanding is true, then configuring this via nl80211 seems to be the wrong thing. Instead, you should tell mac80211 about your wishes when registering your driver against mac80211.