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Re: rt2x00 & mac80211: correct usage of ieee80211_beacon_get_tim?

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On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 17:51 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:

>  b) You need to get a new beacon frame from mac80211 only when it
>     changes. You can do this from set_tim(). HOWEVER: since you're not
>     getting a new one from mac80211 all the time anyway, you NEED to
>     have the driver or firmware overwrite the DTIM count, like b43's
>     firmware for example will do.

Oh and "when it changes" doesn't include DTIM period changes, obviously.

johannes

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