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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: don't require associated->beacon_ies for ps

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On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 10:48 +0300, Eliad Peller wrote:
> beacon_ies is needed only in order to extract the dtim
> period. However, even if it's missing we can still enter
> ps with dtim=1 (which also happens if the TIM ie is invalid).
> 
> Most drivers don't use conf.max_sleep_period/ps_dtim_period
> anyway, and this check prevents them from entering ps if
> they don't have beacon (but only probe response), even though
> the beacon is not needed at all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@xxxxxxxxxx>

I'll apply this, but if somebody doesn't fix the PS stuff soon I'll be
very tempted to just rip it out ;-)

johannes

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