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Re: [RFT 1/4] mac80211: make master netdev handling sane

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> Are there any devices on the market which properly support PSM in
> Ad-Hoc mode? At least N800/N810 don't support it. 

I haven't got a clue. I didn't even know the N810 supported ad-hoc until
I connected it to another network and it saved it ;)

> I have heard that the standard is quite unclear regarding this. And,
> after seeing the countless ways APs have managed to break PSM in
> infrastructure mode, I can only imagine what kind of interoperability
> problems there are with PSM in Ad-Hoc mode :)
> 
> So I think we should forget PSM in Ad-Hoc mode, at least for now.

I briefly looked at 802.11-2007 and couldn't really figure out what is
required and what isn't so it does seem a little unclear. I agree with
you on this point, if somebody cares to research it should be easy to
add back since we're not removing the AP mode code.

johannes

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