From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:51696 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754880Ab0C2SAK (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:00:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:55:06 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Johannes Berg Cc: ext-saravanan.dhanabal@nokia.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Reschedule dynamic power save timer after wakeup Message-ID: <20100329175506.GE4984@tuxdriver.com> References: <1268753462-18094-1-git-send-email-ext-saravanan.dhanabal@nokia.com> <1268775761.8918.0.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <04BB8F4F2843A24294353CA037CA5B58568D26B52F@NOK-EUMSG-01.mgdnok.nokia.com> <1268841668.5989.3.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1268841668.5989.3.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 09:01:08AM -0700, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 12:09 +0100, ext-saravanan.dhanabal@nokia.com > wrote: > > In worst case it takes up to that much, though the average is less but still significant. > > > On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 11:31 -0400, Saravanan Dhanabal wrote: > > > After last transmission, the device goes to sleep earlier > > > than the configured dynamic power save timeout. If timeout > > > is set to 400ms, device enters into sleep mode at around > > > 330ms since from last TX. > > I still don't think I understand this patch. Why would you be interested > in the exact timing rather than the time since the transmission? I > mean ... why does it go to sleep _earlier_? Any further comments on this one? John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.