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Re: [RFC PATCH v1 2/2] mac80211: use ps-poll to request frames in power save mode

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On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 14:27 +0530, Vivek Natarajan wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > When a directed tim bit is set, mac80211 currently disables power save
> > and sends a null frame to the AP. But if dynamic power save is
> > disabled, mac80211 will not enable power save again.
> 
> The patch I had sent earlier, 'mac80211: Reset the power save timer
> from master_start_xmit' (44378a8e64b9399...) addresses this issue.
> This enables mac80211 to start the dynamic ps timer after sending a
> null data frame. Hence when the specified time lapses, power save is
> enabled again.

Except when dynamic PS is disabled.

johannes

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