From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:42368 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752195AbYGIOuf (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:50:35 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mac80211: Include sequence number in IBSS and Mesh beacons From: Johannes Berg To: Ivo van Doorn Cc: Michael Buesch , "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, rt2400-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <200807091657.54657.IvDoorn@gmail.com> (sfid-20080709_164905_644218_D7086E89) References: <200807091511.14288.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <200807091604.50199.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <1215611931.3246.8.camel@johannes.berg> <200807091657.54657.IvDoorn@gmail.com> (sfid-20080709_164905_644218_D7086E89) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-LMLaPaDfuoRfIg68D07o" Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:49:46 +0200 Message-Id: <1215614986.3246.19.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20080709_165038_600404_83701837) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-LMLaPaDfuoRfIg68D07o Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 16:57 +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > > Well, if you care about the beacon in config_interface() you're > > implementing hwseq since otherwise you'd only request it when you need > > it, no? >=20 > No not really, because from what moment can the driver start requesting b= eacons? > I would think when mac80211 calls config_interface with the IEEE80211_IFC= C_BEACON > flag. ;) >=20 > At that moment the first beacon is loaded, and the device will trigger th= e interrupt > to request a new beacon every x milliseconds. Ok, I'd have thought you just set the "please send beacons now" flag and request one on the next round. johannes --=-LMLaPaDfuoRfIg68D07o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJIdNAGAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYIvsQAITjmNSpKLifp+oLY2IXS1dn EdyNBXPDm6jV/zeejKgy8Txd5kKaXlU4JIXS6cqIV/BaY+qOxJukamSDFVFL+77p m1nTSQV3sS7NB91DaO7NxUo6aE08DL1wyrFtz2U6k/16tgcUw9LUYrlpuUV5v3PP SBO3wdWd1C1PhyJeS78k0wcUfiZtRmKUk5L6V50iTOV+tsukjGXY0FMu4HtT6ty3 6VhhxIcl5u8YtlgeIoPaxKwMft2LE2E9wevJdwN3KXE0oXWl2AUhh2e/WbO90lA7 wMzDP2XyQuGOuFy6YCSee2WlcGcIFwz7216Zxu0nu9D+sKzzNB6v3Ds2nSRcReU3 Rsc6Cg6ZHZ5O/KoslJUox+GuiPzdjPlhDBKiKy2AdmmJgpD5XnGaqY6aWaJxhx2a qCCSQaoidbi8yktIfYaPGHxvFWWiV840oVlC4d1qzf04bFkzPaUB38MyHQl7tnMt ZOFXESz+SN3llUc5pRtSp+G4jVIZ5XRsDzNABocEhfnsfeJUAocm5YO/RGzoSrnL sKs5sJkig3BpKmDlP5kwuiyolm+HvSkOOeFN0m2fYZeAL+l0ujI9jcm3HSnIjZ7D uimX9k/y25H9Y1Hci45oPQvDSz7A3klz/APndz5IAgTg3EaUcIyoU4z5PEEEzU7i 48XOSn45OUQVanim1lan =gIWv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-LMLaPaDfuoRfIg68D07o--