From 56007a028c51cbf800a6c969d6f6431d23443b99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:19:52 +0100 Subject: mac80211: wait for beacon before enabling powersave Because DTIM information is required for powersave but is only conveyed in beacons, wait for a beacon before enabling powersave, and change the way the information is conveyed to the driver accordingly. mwl8k doesn't currently seem to implement PS but requires the DTIM period in a different way; after talking to Lennert we agreed to just have mwl8k do the parsing itself in the finalize_join work. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Acked-by: Lennert Buytenhek Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/net/mac80211.h | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/net') diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index f64402f6312b..1e9c93024cf2 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ enum ieee80211_bss_change { * @use_short_slot: use short slot time (only relevant for ERP); * if the hardware cannot handle this it must set the * IEEE80211_HW_2GHZ_SHORT_SLOT_INCAPABLE hardware flag - * @dtim_period: num of beacons before the next DTIM, for PSM + * @dtim_period: num of beacons before the next DTIM, for beaconing, + * not valid in station mode (cf. hw conf ps_dtim_period) * @timestamp: beacon timestamp * @beacon_int: beacon interval * @assoc_capability: capabilities taken from assoc resp @@ -648,6 +649,9 @@ enum ieee80211_smps_mode { * value will be only achievable between DTIM frames, the hardware * needs to check for the multicast traffic bit in DTIM beacons. * This variable is valid only when the CONF_PS flag is set. + * @ps_dtim_period: The DTIM period of the AP we're connected to, for use + * in power saving. Power saving will not be enabled until a beacon + * has been received and the DTIM period is known. * @dynamic_ps_timeout: The dynamic powersave timeout (in ms), see the * powersave documentation below. This variable is valid only when * the CONF_PS flag is set. @@ -674,6 +678,7 @@ struct ieee80211_conf { int max_sleep_period; u16 listen_interval; + u8 ps_dtim_period; u8 long_frame_max_tx_count, short_frame_max_tx_count; -- cgit v1.2.2