From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 13/12] cfg80211/mac80211: allow management TX to not wait for ACK
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:34:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1319787240.3914.1.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGXE3d8QJqPR5Q95ZVt+JzWRZAH5f=Nap1DT=mTmmajsAMYcWw@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20111028_080945_056423_F7F002EB)
On Fri, 2011-10-28 at 08:09 +0200, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Johannes Berg
> <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> > From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
> >
> > For probe responses it can be useful to not wait for ACK
> > to save airtime, so allow userspace to request not waiting
> > with a new nl80211 flag.
> >
> > Since mac80211 needs to be updated for the new function
> > prototype anyway implement it right away -- it's just a
> > few lines of code.
>
> Ah, nice!
>
> I'll adjust my hostad patch to make use of this instead of the
> radiotap flag (or maybe both, need to look into this further).
If you just do the radiotap part I'll add the rest with my other
patchset.
johannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-28 7:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-21 14:23 [RFC v2 00/12] get rid of AP mode monitor interfaces Johannes Berg
2011-10-21 14:23 ` [RFC v2 01/12] mac80211: add helper to free TX skb Johannes Berg
2011-10-21 14:23 ` [RFC v2 02/12] mac80211: add support for control port protocol in AP mode Johannes Berg
2011-10-21 14:23 ` [RFC v2 03/12] nl80211: allow subscribing to unexpected class3 frames Johannes Berg
2011-10-21 14:23 ` [RFC v2 04/12] mac80211: support spurious class3 event Johannes Berg
2011-10-21 14:23 ` [RFC v2 05/12] nl80211: advertise device AP SME Johannes Berg
2011-10-25 10:13 ` Eliad Peller
2011-10-21 14:23 ` [RFC v2 06/12] nl80211: add API to probe a client Johannes Berg
2011-10-21 14:23 ` [RFC v2 07/12] mac80211: support client probe Johannes Berg
2011-10-21 14:23 ` [RFC v2 08/12] net: add wireless TX status socket option Johannes Berg
2011-10-25 10:40 ` Eliad Peller
2011-10-21 14:23 ` [RFC v2 09/12] nl80211: advertise socket TX status capability Johannes Berg
2011-10-21 14:23 ` [RFC v2 10/12] mac80211: implement wifi TX status Johannes Berg
2011-10-21 14:23 ` [RFC v2 11/12] cfg80211: allow registering to beacons Johannes Berg
2011-10-21 14:23 ` [RFC v2 12/12] mac80211: report OBSS beacons Johannes Berg
2011-10-27 19:32 ` [RFC v2 13/12] cfg80211/mac80211: allow management TX to not wait for ACK Johannes Berg
2011-10-27 22:44 ` Eliad Peller
2011-10-28 8:02 ` Johannes Berg
2011-10-28 6:09 ` Helmut Schaa
2011-10-28 7:34 ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2011-10-28 7:48 ` Arend Van Spriel
2011-10-28 7:52 ` Helmut Schaa
2011-10-28 9:07 ` Arend Van Spriel
2011-10-28 9:15 ` Johannes Berg
2011-10-28 8:01 ` Johannes Berg
2011-10-28 9:10 ` Arend Van Spriel
2011-10-28 9:28 ` Helmut Schaa
2011-10-28 13:34 ` Kalle Valo
2011-10-29 12:01 ` Helmut Schaa
2011-10-28 17:22 ` Arend van Spriel
2011-10-28 9:18 ` [RFC v3 " Johannes Berg
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