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Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/2] mac80211: use ps-poll when dynamic power save mode is disabled

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On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 20:15 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:

> > No, I mean in the timeout > 0 case, what vivek mentioned too. We never
> > go back to sleep unless we send a packet.
> 
> First of all, this patchset doesn't change the logic for timeout > 0 
> case. But that case was working already earlier, here's my analysis:
> 
> 1. tim bit is set
> 2. if timeout > 0 disable power save and send null frame
> 3. null frame enables dynamic_ps_timer in ieee80211_master_start_xmit()
> 4. after dynamic_ps_timer triggers, power save is enabled again
> 
> I understood that this was the reason why Vivek moved the running of 
> dynamic_ps_timer from subif to the master interface. Or did I miss 
> something?

Hah, no, you're right, sorry, I got confused.

johannes

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