Re: [PATCH] mac80211: calculate maximum sleep interval

[Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>]

Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> writes:

> The maximum sleep interval, for powersave purposes, is
> determined by the DTIM period (it may not be larger)
> and the required networking latency (it must be small
> enough to fulfil those constraints).
>
> This makes mac80211 calculate the maximum sleep interval
> based on those constraints, and pass it to the driver.
> Then the driver should instruct the device to sleep at
> most that long.
>
> Note that the device is responsible for aligning the
> maximum sleep interval between DTIMs, we make sure it's
> not longer but it needs to make sure it's between them.
>
> Also, group some powersave documentation together and
> make it more explicit that we support managed mode only,
> and no IBSS powersaving (yet).
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>

Reviewed-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>

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Kalle Valo