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Re: [ath9k-devel] [RFC 1/2] ath9k: Fix up hardware mode and beacons with multiple vifs.

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2011/1/15 Steve Brown <sbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 00:19 +0100, Björn Smedman wrote:
>> This is another comment that is a little out of place but when I see
>> the identifier beacon_interval in this context I cannot help bringing
>> up per-vif settings as a related problem: If I read the code (or
>> rather the lack of code) correctly the beacon interval of the last (or
>> first?) beaconing vif added will be used to set up beacon tx, whereas
>> the actual beacon contents will reflect the beacon intervals
>> configured for individual vifs which may all be different... The same
>> goes for e.g. tx queue configuration, no?
[snip]
> For instance, an ap vif has a ~100ms interval and a mesh vif has a
> ~1000ms interval. I don't see how to avoid a per vif interval.

I agree. We should fix ath9k so it works correctly even if beacon
interval is different for different vifs (within some reasonable
limits).

In the mean time, as a workaround, try to configure the same beacon
interval for all vifs.

/Björn
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