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Re: [PATCH v2 06/10] mac80211: add HW flag for disabling auto link-PS in AP mode

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On Mon, 2011-01-31 at 13:49 +0200, Arik Nemtsov wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 13:24, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It'd be nicer if you could separate out mac80211 patches, but then Luca
> > needs to hold off merging until John picked up the mac80211 patch.
> 
> Yea that would complicate matters a bit. Does the ordering of the
> patches bother you?

It just makes it more complicated for me to pick out the right thing --
I almost missed that there was a mac80211 patch in this huge series.

> > Also, come to think of it, the ieee80211_sta_block_awake will not be
> > effective I think? Or will it?
> 
> Haven't noticed any adverse effects. ap_sta_ps_end() still checks if
> the station is blocked before delivering queued packets.
> 
> Also is should be pretty hard to find a driver that uses both mechanisms.
> If it wants to block a station from waking up, it can simply not call
> ieee80211_sta_ps_transition().
> 
> Should work though.

Good point, thanks for looking.

johannes

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