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Re: [PATCH v3] brcmsmac: AP mode: update beacon when TIM changes

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On 9/23/2018 11:54 AM, Ali MJ Al-Nasrawy wrote:
Beacons are not updated to reflect TIM changes. This is not compliant with
power-saving client stations as the beacons do not have valid TIM and can cause
the network to stall at random occasions with highly variable latencies.
Fix it by updating beacon templates on mac80211 set_tim callback.

Addresses an issue described in:
https://marc.info/?i=20180911163534.21312d08%20()%20manjaro

Signed-off-by: Ali MJ Al-Nasrawy <alimjalnasrawy@xxxxxxxxx>
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Missing 'v1 -> v2' in this changelog.

Regards,
Arend

v2 -> v3:
	- removed tabs from blank lines
	- extended the commit message to answer "Why"

 .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.h        |  1 +
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)




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