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Re: [PATCH] wcn36xx: disconnect timeout

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Eduardo Abinader <eduardoabinader@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Whenever the signal stregth decays smoothly and physical connnection
> is already gone and no deauth has arrived, the qcom soc is not
> able to indicate neither WCN36XX_HAL_MISSED_BEACON_IND nor
> WCN36XX_HAL_MISSED_BEACON_IND. It was noticed that such situation gets
> even more reproducible, when the driver fails to enter bmps mode - which is
> highly likely to occur. Thus, in order to provide proper disconnection
> of the connected STA, a disconnection timeout based on last time seen
> bss beacon is here given.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Abinader <eduardoabinader@xxxxxxxxx>

Wouldn't it be better to disable IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR and let
mac80211 handle it entirely?

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