Re: [PATCH] mac80211: allow setting default U-APSD queues/max_sp_len for STA

[Janusz Dziedzic <janusz.dziedzic@xxxxxxxxx>]

2012/5/24 Arik Nemtsov <arik@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> But this was a workaround for an IOP problem with certain APs, right?
>> How is firmware going to be smart in that case?
>>
>> It would help to see what you are exactly planning to do on wl12xx with
>> this interface. Currently I'm just guessing what your plans really are.
>
> The plan is to enable only VO as U-APSD (as I wrote in a previous
> email). We've had problems with some APs (can't remember the models)
> that assume non-VO ACs always use legacy PS. This would lead to
> problems - our driver would never wake up. In that sense the problem
> is general.
>
> But in wl12xx the FW handles network PS on its own (PS-poll etc.), so
> it may just be a bug with our FW. So hard-coding this into mac80211
> seems a bit of an overkill.
>
> Maybe you can offer a better solution?
>

I am not sure this is better.
We do this litte bit different.
So disable all ACs by default in mac80211.

Next we are using wpa_supplicant:
p2p_set client_apsd - and pass required params via nl80211 to mac80211.
So, we could decide which ACs set.
Reassoc from supplicat is required after that.


BR
Janusz
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