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Re: [PATCH PATCH v6 1/7] mac80211: add U-APSD client support

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Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 10:42 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
>
>> + *
>> + * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD:
>> + *	Hardware supports Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery
>> + *	(U-APSD) in managed mode. The mode is configured with
>> + *	conf_tx() operation.
>
> I think a little more detail would be good here, for example adding that
> it must support staying awake with just the frame triggering it, and
> that it won't be asked to wake up by mac80211?

Good point. I was planning to improve power save documentation, I do
that in this patchset and I'll also add more documentation about
U-APSD. That should help to understand this more.

> Or will it, actually? We've had that discussion with PS-poll so ...

Yes, HW must stay awake until end of service period. I'll write more
documentation to clear up all this.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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