From b446918b77c717a34eaa853dfab55f579d330551 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Helmut Schaa Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:19:37 +0100 Subject: mac80211: use listen interval 5 as default Currently if a driver does not set hw.max_listen_interval a listen interval of 1 is negotiated with the AP. Thus, the AP could drop buffered frames for us after just one beacon interval which can easily happen with the current powersave and scan implementation. To avoid this issue increase the default interval to 5 which should be a reasonable safe default. Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- net/mac80211/main.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net') diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c index ec8f767ba95b..06c33b68d8e5 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/main.c +++ b/net/mac80211/main.c @@ -558,8 +558,12 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) debugfs_hw_add(local); + /* + * if the driver doesn't specify a max listen interval we + * use 5 which should be a safe default + */ if (local->hw.max_listen_interval == 0) - local->hw.max_listen_interval = 1; + local->hw.max_listen_interval = 5; local->hw.conf.listen_interval = local->hw.max_listen_interval; -- cgit v1.2.3