From: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>
To: Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@atheros.com>
Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] mac80211: Retry null data frame for power save.
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:00:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ljf9jryd.fsf@purkki.valot.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1265266442-6273-1-git-send-email-vnatarajan@atheros.com> (Vivek Natarajan's message of "Thu\, 4 Feb 2010 12\:24\:01 +0530")
Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@atheros.com> writes:
> Even if the null data frame is not acked by the AP, mac80211 goes
> into power save. This might lead to loss of frames from the AP.
> Prevent this by restarting dynamic_ps_timer when ack is not received
> for null data frames.
Yes, this is definitely needed. I like the idea, but I will check the
patch in detail later today.
--
Kalle Valo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-04 9:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-04 6:54 [RFC PATCH 1/2] mac80211: Retry null data frame for power save Vivek Natarajan
2010-02-04 6:54 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] mac80211: Reset dynamic ps timer in Rx path Vivek Natarajan
2010-02-04 8:14 ` Johannes Berg
2010-02-04 10:15 ` Vivek Natarajan
2010-02-04 8:59 ` Kalle Valo
2010-02-04 10:12 ` Vivek Natarajan
2010-02-05 12:25 ` Kalle Valo
2010-02-04 8:25 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] mac80211: Retry null data frame for power save Johannes Berg
2010-02-04 9:14 ` Kalle Valo
2010-02-04 9:00 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
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