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Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] mac80211: support DTPC IE (from Cisco Client eXtensions)

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On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 04:52:14PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> I found what I believe is an edge case: What happens if the element suddenly
>> goes away from one beacon to another? Shouldn't there be a reset of the power
>> level and then a new call to __ieee80211_recalc_txpower()?
>> 
>> (If so, I believe this bug was already present in the code before my first
>> patch, as I understand the existing logic.)
> I'm not sure it's worth worrying about, but if you want to write a patch
> I'd take it :)

It actually happened to me in a real situation, which is why I noticed.
It seems neither power element is typically sent at all if the value is 0.
(Well, Aruba seems to do. I haven't found anyone else who does.)

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