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Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] mt76x02: Beacon support for USB

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Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 2019-01-29 12:47, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>>> We can configure beaconing, but without TBTT interrupt we
>>> can not support PS buffering. This can be added later using
>>> kernel hrtimer, if we can keep it in sycn with device timer.
>>>
>>> I tested AP and IBSS modes.
>> 
>> So how does this work reliably so that there's no packet loss with
>> clients using power save?
>
> There will be multicast packet loss for clients using power save.

Isn't that a problem? At least as a normal user I would very frustrated
if sometimes my connection work and sometimes not, for example if I'm
trying discover devices from my network. Hopefully nobody won't use USB
devices for any real AP stuff, but still enabling something which we
know doesn't work realiably is concerning.

-- 
Kalle Valo



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