netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: add assoc beacon timeout logic

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Date:	Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:44:36 -0600
From:	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	linux-wireless Mailing List <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: add assoc beacon timeout logic

On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 4:44 AM, Felipe Contreras
<felipe.contreras@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Johannes Berg
> <johannes@...solutions.net> wrote:

>> In any case, I'm not really comfortable connecting to an AP that we
>> never ever receive beacons from.
>
> Well, we are *already* doing that for every driver, except the ones
> that do IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_BEFORE_ASSOC, which are few.

Since you didn't reply I'm going to arrive to the obvious conclusion;
we *already* connect to APs even if we don't receive any beacons, my
patch simply makes it consistent for the drivers that set
IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_BEFORE_ASSOC.

Therefore all your reasons to not apply the patch have been dismissed.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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