Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The maximum sleep interval, for powersave purposes, is > determined by the DTIM period (it may not be larger) > and the required networking latency (it must be small > enough to fulfil those constraints). > > This makes mac80211 calculate the maximum sleep interval > based on those constraints, and pass it to the driver. > Then the driver should instruct the device to sleep at > most that long. > > Note that the device is responsible for aligning the > maximum sleep interval between DTIMs, we make sure it's > not longer but it needs to make sure it's between them. > > Also, group some powersave documentation together and > make it more explicit that we support managed mode only, > and no IBSS powersaving (yet). > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@xxxxxx> -- Kalle Valo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
