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Re: [PATCH v6] mac80211: Retry null data frame for power save.

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On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 14:50 +0530, Vivek Natarajan wrote:
>> Even if the null data frame is not acked by the AP, mac80211
>> goes into power save. This might lead to loss of frames
>> from the AP.
>> Prevent this by restarting dynamic_ps_timer when ack is not
>> received for null data frames.
>
> Looks good to me, but I have a final question: what happens if the frame
> is lost without a status report? It'll just stay out of PS for a while
> longer, right?

Yes, it will be awake and then retries once again after a while.

Vivek.
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