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mac80211: Always send a null data frame if TIM bit is set.
authorVivek Natarajan <vivek.natraj@gmail.com>
Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:50:30 +0000 (20:20 +0530)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Thu, 5 Mar 2009 19:39:38 +0000 (14:39 -0500)
commit25c9c8752849212a25bf7f38b40b64b3958d619b
tree7d77d55dc8a94de19b5d7b097c2a8ebab9924f59tree | snapshot
parente0caf9eaae5182ab4e02a5d703ade64719738f87commit | diff
mac80211: Always send a null data frame if TIM bit is set.

If the AP thinks we are in power save state eventhough we are not truly
in that state, it sets the TIM bit and does not send a data frame unless
we send a null data frame to correct the state in the AP.
This might happen if the null data frame for wake up is lost in the air
after we disable power save.

Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
net/mac80211/mlme.c diff | blob | history
ep93xx device tree rework repo: git://git.maquefel.me/linux.git