On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 23:21, Arik Nemtsov <arik@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In AP mode we register for the MAX_TX_RETRY and INACTIVE_STA events. > Both are reported to the upper layers as a TX failure in the offending > stations. > > In STA mode we register only for the MAX_TX_RETRY event. A TX failure is > interpreted as a loss of connection. > > Support for IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS has been removed to avoid > the inherent race condition of a mac80211 TX failure counter in addition > to the FW counter. > > This patch depends on "mac80211: allow low level driver to report packet > loss" > Luca please don't take this one for now. It appears the FW sometimes misfires the event in STA mode. We'll need some more debugging. Arik -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
