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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: reset probe_send_count also in HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR case

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On Tue, 2014-02-11 at 12:30 +0200, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> From: Eliad Peller <eliad@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In case of beacon_loss with IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR
> device, mac80211 probes the ap (and disconnects on timeout)
> but ignores the ack.
> 
> If we already got an ack, there's no reason to continue
> disconnecting. this can help devices that supports
> IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR only partially (e.g. take
> care of keep alives, but does not probe the ap.
> 
> In case the device wants to disconnect without probing,
> it can just call ieee80211_connection_loss.

Applied.

johannes

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