From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail2.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.173]:33382 "EHLO mail2.candelatech.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750793AbbBSFDu (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:03:50 -0500 Message-ID: <54E56EAC.2030906@candelatech.com> (sfid-20150219_060413_085151_CC377132) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:03:40 -0800 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kalle Valo CC: ath10k , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: station kickout References: <54D29F71.50603@candelatech.com> <87d25bi98f.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> In-Reply-To: <87d25bi98f.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02/15/2015 05:40 AM, Kalle Valo wrote: > (Adding linux-wireless) > > Ben Greear writes: > >> In AP mode, it seems that 3.17-ish kernels (at least) always set station kickout >> to hard-coded value of 50. >> >> Is this something that should be configurable? Maybe a module parameter >> if nothing else? > > Or should we add this to nl80211/cfg80211/mac80211? I would guess other > drivers also have similar functionality. I guess that is up to Johannes. Do we really gain anything useful by letting firmware take care of this? Might be best to just disable the firmware option entirely and let the rest of the mac80211 stack take care of detecting loss of connectivity? Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com