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Re: cfg80211: add set/get link loss profile

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"Lazar, Alexei Avshalom" <ailizaro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>>From b739abb6f29dc43a86b8b2b60e893b4441f8aa1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Alexei Avshalom Lazar <ailizaro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 16:21:20 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: add set/get link loss profile
>
> Introduce NL80211_CMD_SET_LINK_LOSS_PROFILE and
> NL80211_CMD_GET_LINK_LOSS_PROFILE as it required by the user space
> to configure the link loss profile.
> The link loss profile represents the priority of maintaining link up
> in different link quality environments.
> Three types of behavior for link loss defined:
> LINK_LOSS_PROFILE_RELAXED: prefer maintaining link up even in poor
> link quality environment.
> LINK_LOSS_PROFILE_DEFAULT: The default behavior for maintaining link
> up vs link quality.
> LINK_LOSS_PROFILE_AGGRESSIVE: prefer losing link up in poor link
> quality environment.
> New cfg80211 API also been added, set/get_link_loss_profile.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Avshalom Lazar <ailizaro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

What does the term "link" mean in this context? A connection to the AP
or something else? The documentation doesn't give me any detailed
information nor any examples and lefts me guessing what this is supposed
to do.

-- 
Kalle Valo



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