linux-stable/net
Emmanuel Grumbach c65dd1477b mac80211: inform the driver about update of dtim_period
Currently, when the driver requires the DTIM period,
mac80211 will wait to hear a beacon before association.
This behavior is suboptimal since some drivers may be
able to deal with knowing the DTIM period after the
association, if they get it at all.

To address this, notify the drivers with bss_info_changed
with the new BSS_CHANGED_DTIM_PERIOD flag when the DTIM
becomes known. This might be when changing to associated,
or later when the entire association was done with only
probe response information.

Rename the hardware flag for the current behaviour to
IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_BEFORE_ASSOC to more accurately
reflect its behaviour. IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_PERIOD is
no longer accurate as all drivers get the DTIM period
now, just not before association.

Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2013-01-31 14:05:38 +01:00
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ceph Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2012-12-20 14:00:13 -08:00
core Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2012-12-18 10:55:28 -08:00
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ipv4 inet: Fix kmemleak in tcp_v4/6_syn_recv_sock and dccp_v4/6_request_recv_sock 2012-12-14 13:14:07 -05:00
ipv6 ipv6: addrconf.c: remove unnecessary "if" 2012-12-19 12:50:06 -08:00
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lapb
llc net: Allow userns root to control llc, netfilter, netlink, packet, and xfrm 2012-11-18 20:32:45 -05:00
mac80211 mac80211: inform the driver about update of dtim_period 2013-01-31 14:05:38 +01:00
mac802154 mac802154: fix destructon ordering for ieee802154 devices 2012-12-14 13:14:07 -05:00
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netlabel Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2012-10-02 13:38:27 -07:00
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packet net: Allow userns root to control llc, netfilter, netlink, packet, and xfrm 2012-11-18 20:32:45 -05:00
phonet net: Push capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) into the rtnl methods 2012-11-18 20:32:44 -05:00
rds net: rds: use this_cpu_* per-cpu helper 2012-11-19 18:59:44 -05:00
rfkill Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-12-13 12:00:02 -08:00
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sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2012-12-12 18:07:07 -08:00
sctp sctp: jsctp_sf_eat_sack: fix jprobes function signature mismatch 2012-12-15 17:14:39 -08:00
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tipc tipc: refactor accept() code for improved readability 2012-12-07 17:23:24 -05:00
unix net: Don't export sysctls to unprivileged users 2012-11-18 20:30:55 -05:00
wanrouter
wimax
wireless cfg80211/mac80211: support reporting wakeup reason 2013-01-31 14:00:21 +01:00
x25
xfrm Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next 2012-11-22 15:25:55 -05:00
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Kconfig
Makefile ipv6: Preserve ipv6 functionality needed by NET 2012-11-18 02:34:00 -05:00
nonet.c
socket.c cgroup: net_cls: Rework update socket logic 2012-10-26 03:40:51 -04:00
sysctl_net.c user_ns: get rid of duplicate code in net_ctl_permissions 2012-11-18 20:32:45 -05:00