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Re: [RFC] mac80211: remove ieee80211_notify_mac

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On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:46 PM, John W. Linville
<linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 06:59:59PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 19:34 +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
>>
>> > There actually complains about slow reconnection,
>>
>> Ok I guess then I haven't seen them for some reason.
>>
>> Either way, here's a quick summary:
>>  * locking issues with the callback are fixed by removing it
>>  * callback is incorrect when you're only suspended for a very short
>>    time
>>  * callback is incorrect when you're in non-STA modes
>>  * suspend/resume cannot be implemented well through this callback, at
>>    least not the way it is written now and needs to do a whole lot more
>>  * there's no "slow" issue when you actually resume in a different
>>    location where the AP is not around any more
>>  * there should be no "slow" issue when the AP properly deauthenticates
>>    when receiving data frames
>>
>> This was an RFC. I'm convinced it should go in, but I don't make those
>> decisions anyway. I've outlined my reasons for it.
>
> I agree that it seems to solve problems, and there is little benefit
> tokeeping the callback in question.  I'm going to send this upstream.
>
I suggest to run this code before going upstream
Tomas
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