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Re: iw coalesce show - disabled at init?

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On Wed, 2015-08-12 at 11:36 -0700, Kobi Cohen-Arazi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When loading a wifi driver that supports set_coalesce and running "iw
> show" command:
> $ iw ... coalesce show
> It would always show coalesce as disabled.
> I think the reason for this is that there are no coalesce rules 
> cached
> in cfg/netlink layers yet. (empty set of rules).
> 
> Is my understanding correct? if yes, Is this by design?
> Ideally, at startup, 80211 should query the driver for the current
> coalesce rules and use it as the initial state.
> 

Typically devices/drivers shouldn't *have* any such rules at startup,
so the point is moot. If the driver/device you're using behaves
differently, arguably that's a bug. Marvell?

johannes
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