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RE: [PATCH] wlcore: mesh: add zone time sync support

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On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 18:56:01, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] wlcore: mesh: add zone time sync support
> 
> "Mishol, Guy" <guym@xxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > Kalle/Thomas,
> > Thanks for your feedback.
> 
> Please don't top most, it makes using patchwork difficult and is 
> annoying to the readers.

OK. Understood.

> > This time sync support is different from the one that mac80211 
> > maintains with mesh peers. This time sync is mostly used by upper 
> > layers for several applications (like audio). In this case we allow 
> > the user to configure for each zone who will be the synchronizer. 
> > You can refer to the following Application Report (chapter 6) for 
> > more
> > information: http://www.ti.com/lit/an/swaa166/swaa166.pdf
> 
> I didn't fully understand what this does, but debugfs doesn't sound 
> (no pun
> intended) like a suitable interface for something like this. nl80211 
> is more likely candidate.

Agree. The debugfs part was mainly meant for demo and can be omitted. I will submit instead a different patch that only adds the necessary APIs in the wlcore.

Guy





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