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Re: [PATCH 1/3] mac80211: Include sequence number in IBSS and Mesh beacons

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On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 16:57 +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote:

> > Well, if you care about the beacon in config_interface() you're
> > implementing hwseq since otherwise you'd only request it when you need
> > it, no?
> 
> No not really, because from what moment can the driver start requesting beacons?
> I would think when mac80211 calls config_interface with the IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON
> flag. ;)
> 
> At that moment the first beacon is loaded, and the device will trigger the interrupt
> to request a new beacon every x milliseconds.

Ok, I'd have thought you just set the "please send beacons now" flag and
request one on the next round.

johannes

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