From 572e00122190e3064fa19bd9780b146d2d0f1905 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kalle Valo Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:09:31 +0200 Subject: mac80211: use ps-poll when dynamic power save mode is disabled When a directed tim bit is set, mac80211 currently disables power save ands sends a null frame to the AP. But if dynamic power save is disabled, mac80211 will not enable power save ever gain. Fix this by adding ps-poll functionality to mac80211. When a directed tim bit is set, mac80211 sends a ps-poll frame to the AP and checks for the more data bit in the returned data frames. Using ps-poll is slower than waking up with null frame, but it's saves more power in cases where the traffic is low. Userspace can control if either ps-poll or null wakeup method is used by enabling and disabling dynamic power save. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h') diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h index 5a1f19ad43c..67bd5220cf4 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h +++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h @@ -728,6 +728,7 @@ struct ieee80211_local { unsigned int wmm_acm; /* bit field of ACM bits (BIT(802.1D tag)) */ bool powersave; + bool pspolling; struct work_struct dynamic_ps_enable_work; struct work_struct dynamic_ps_disable_work; struct timer_list dynamic_ps_timer; @@ -921,6 +922,8 @@ u32 ieee80211_sta_get_rates(struct ieee80211_local *local, enum ieee80211_band band); void ieee80211_send_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *dst, u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len); +void ieee80211_send_pspoll(struct ieee80211_local *local, + struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata); /* scan/BSS handling */ int ieee80211_request_scan(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, -- cgit v1.2.3