On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> We just enable the driver to override a default value, which is used >> by mac80211. > > You are moving logic from mac80211 to the driver but it should be the > opposite, the driver should be dumb and mac80211 should control > everything. Didn't we have a similar discussion last year when talking > about controlling dynamic power save? I disagree. Not all mac80211 drivers are like ath9k. The FW/lower-driver can be just as smart in certain areas (BA sessions for instance). Also, let's stay practical here. This is not a large and complex feature like dynamic power save. It's interesting to hear Johannes' take on this. 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
