Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.230]:27720 "EHLO mgw-mx03.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754832Ab0CILzk (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:55:40 -0500 Received: from vaebh105.NOE.Nokia.com (vaebh105.europe.nokia.com [10.160.244.31]) by mgw-mx03.nokia.com (Switch-3.3.3/Switch-3.3.3) with ESMTP id o29Btb35029790 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:55:37 +0200 Received: from localhost.localdomain (wimaxnb.nmp.nokia.com [172.22.211.32]) by mgw-da02.ext.nokia.com (Switch-3.3.3/Switch-3.3.3) with ESMTP id o29BtL6d020412 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:55:21 +0200 From: Juuso Oikarinen To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFC PATCH 0/1] mac80211: Support for HW connection recovery Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:52:51 +0200 Message-Id: <1268135572-30722-1-git-send-email-juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: When PSM is enabled, the wl1271 performs connection recovery independently by sending probe-requests to the associated-to AP if it detects beacon loss. The wl1271 only indicates connection problem after the probe-requests have failed. At this stage, it's useless for the mac80211 to send further probe requests in attempt to recover the connection. Add a new function to allow the HW to indicate this situation. Juuso Oikarinen (1): mac80211: Add ieee80211_probereq_failed function include/net/mac80211.h | 12 ++++++++++++ net/mac80211/mlme.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)