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Re: rt2x00 & mac80211: correct usage of ieee80211_beacon_get_tim?

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On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 17:53 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 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.

Er, it does include "DTIM period" changes (shouldn't actually happen
anyway), I meant "DTIM count field changes".

johannes

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