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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: Add an attribute to set inactivity timeout in AP mode

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On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 03:21:05PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-03-01 at 18:22 +0530, Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan wrote:
> > This patch adds an attribute, NL80211_ATTR_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT,
> > to set the inactivity timeout which can be used to remove the
> > station in AP mode. This can be passed in NL80211_CMD_START_AP
> > and used by the drivers which have AP MLME in firmware but
> > don't support get_station() properly.
> 
> Doesn't hostapd need to know whether this is done or not? At least if it
> knew it could avoid timers etc. -- seems you should add a flag that
> indicates support for this? .And maybe refuse the setting if the flag
> isn't set.

Makes sense, i'll add a flag. thanks!

Vasanth
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