On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> We just enable the driver to override a default value, which is used
>> by mac80211.
>
> You are moving logic from mac80211 to the driver but it should be the
> opposite, the driver should be dumb and mac80211 should control
> everything. Didn't we have a similar discussion last year when talking
> about controlling dynamic power save?
I disagree. Not all mac80211 drivers are like ath9k. The
FW/lower-driver can be just as smart in certain areas (BA sessions for
instance).
Also, let's stay practical here. This is not a large and complex
feature like dynamic power save.
It's interesting to hear Johannes' take on this.
Arik
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