On Fri, 2012-07-06 at 08:47 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > I guess the question is -- what does that code really enable, if the > > driver doesn't also set the feature flag? If it doesn't mean anything > > without the flag I think we don't need the extra core option? > > Ah -- good question. It'd just be the core. The core can support the > base station hint or not but apart from the core we could technically > also have a scenario today where perhaps one 802.11 card does support > the station hint another does not. It is true that with no 802.11 card > present having the core makes no sense but in practice we would, or at > the very least we'd have the mac80211_hwsim. > > So as I designed this I realized we really did have to consider the > core getting this Vs a card getting this hint. The core getting the > hint would only happen as-is with the onus option enabled, so if we > want the onus option only to be a gate to other options then > technically the feature would be for the core, while drivers would > have the options to enable / disable the same feature given that this > requires testing / maybe some changes in the firmware. I'm not sure I really understand what you're saying :-) What I really wanted to know though is this: If the core code is enabled, what effect does receiving a "blessed" hint have on devices that don't set the flag? If there's no effect vs. an "unblessed" hint, then I think we don't need another option? johannes -- 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
