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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:27:46 +0530
From: "Vivek Natarajan" <vivek.natraj@gmail.com>
To: "Kalle Valo" <kalle.valo@iki.fi>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 2/2] mac80211: use ps-poll to request frames in power save mode
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On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi> wrote:
> When a directed tim bit is set, mac80211 currently disables power save
> and sends a null frame to the AP. But if dynamic power save is
> disabled, mac80211 will not enable power save again.

The patch I had sent earlier, 'mac80211: Reset the power save timer
from master_start_xmit' (44378a8e64b9399...) addresses this issue.
This enables mac80211 to start the dynamic ps timer after sending a
null data frame. Hence when the specified time lapses, power save is
enabled again.

Vivek.