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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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acpi Merge branch 'x86-acpi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-12-14 10:03:23 -08:00
amba Merge tag 'tegra-for-3.8-fixes-for-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/swarren/linux-tegra into fixes 2012-12-17 10:04:27 -08:00
ata 1) More ACPI fixes 2012-12-15 12:37:18 -08:00
atm solos-pci: ensure all TX packets are aligned to 4 bytes 2012-12-19 14:53:53 -08:00
auxdisplay
base vfs: turn is_dir argument to kern_path_create into a lookup_flags arg 2012-12-20 18:50:02 -05:00
bcma Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless 2013-01-28 13:54:03 -05:00
block 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
bluetooth Bluetooth device 04ca:3008 should use ath3k 2013-01-10 02:51:03 -02:00
bus ARM: OMAP: Fix drivers to depend on omap for internal devices 2012-12-16 15:23:37 -08:00
cdrom
char Some nice cleanups, and even a patch my wife did as a "live" demo for 2012-12-20 08:37:05 -08:00
clk MTD pull for 3.8 2012-12-19 12:47:41 -08:00
clocksource ARM: arm-soc: Updates for Marvell mvebu/kirkwood 2012-12-14 14:54:26 -08:00
connector
cpufreq ACPI and power management updates for 3.8-rc1 2012-12-11 12:45:35 -08:00
cpuidle ARM: arm-soc: SoC updates for 3.8 2012-12-12 12:05:15 -08:00
crypto Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2012-12-18 09:58:09 -08:00
dca
devfreq Merge branch 'pm-devfreq' 2012-12-07 23:13:36 +01:00
dio
dma dmatest: check for dma mapping error 2012-12-17 17:15:13 -08:00
edac Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2012-12-14 14:27:45 -08:00
eisa
extcon
firewire Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-12-13 12:00:02 -08:00
firmware drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c: fetch dmi version from SMBIOS if it exists 2012-12-20 17:40:19 -08:00
gpio gpio/mvebu-gpio: Make mvebu-gpio depend on OF_CONFIG 2012-12-19 22:15:14 +00:00
gpu Merge branch 'drm-next' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux 2012-12-19 20:24:25 -08:00
hid Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media 2012-12-13 19:22:22 -08:00
hsi
hv
hwmon hwmon-vid: Add support for AMD family 11h to 15h processors 2012-12-19 22:17:02 +01:00
hwspinlock
i2c Merge branch 'i2c-embedded/for-next' of git://git.pengutronix.de/git/wsa/linux 2012-12-18 16:51:10 -08:00
ide
idle
iio This is the MFD patch set for the 3.8 merge window. 2012-12-16 18:55:20 -08:00
infiniband Second batch of InfiniBand/RDMA changes for 3.8: 2012-12-21 16:40:26 -08:00
input Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-12-19 12:56:42 -08:00
iommu IOMMU Updates for Linux v3.8 2012-12-20 10:07:25 -08:00
ipack TTY/Serial merge for 3.8-rc1 2012-12-11 14:08:47 -08:00
irqchip ARM: arm-soc: Device-tree updates, take 2 2012-12-14 14:42:53 -08:00
isdn mISDN: fix race in timer canceling on module unloading 2012-12-14 13:14:07 -05:00
leds Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cooloney/linux-leds 2012-12-15 12:52:42 -08:00
lguest lguest: fix typo 2012-12-18 15:19:06 +10:30
macintosh Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2012-12-18 09:58:09 -08:00
md Miscellaneous device-mapper fixes, cleanups and performance improvements. 2012-12-21 17:08:06 -08:00
media Merge branches 'iommu/fixes', 'dma-debug', 'x86/amd', 'x86/vt-d', 'arm/tegra' and 'arm/omap' into next 2012-12-16 12:24:09 +01:00
memory
memstick
message drivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c: missing break 2012-12-18 15:02:12 -08:00
mfd ARM: arm-soc fixes for 3.8 2012-12-20 07:21:54 -08:00
misc Merge git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog 2012-12-21 17:10:29 -08:00
mmc This is the MFD patch set for the 3.8 merge window. 2012-12-16 18:55:20 -08:00
mtd Nothing exciting, just clean-ups and nicification. Oh, and one small 2012-12-20 07:39:03 -08:00
net mac80211: inform the driver about update of dtim_period 2013-01-31 14:05:38 +01:00
nfc NFC: pn533: Fix bad allocation size 2013-01-13 23:22:09 +01:00
nubus
of of: Fix export of of_find_matching_node_and_match() 2012-12-19 10:58:53 +00:00
oprofile
parisc
parport
pci Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux 2012-12-13 14:20:19 -08:00
pcmcia ARM: arm-soc: Header cleanups 2012-12-12 11:45:16 -08:00
pinctrl pinctrl: exynos5440/samsung: Staticize pcfgs 2012-12-18 19:00:25 -08:00
platform Corentin has moved 2012-12-17 17:15:14 -08:00
pnp Driver core updates for 3.8-rc1 2012-12-11 13:13:55 -08:00
power In part2: 2012-12-19 08:14:08 -08:00
pps
ps3
ptp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2012-12-12 18:07:07 -08:00
pwm pwm: Changes for v3.8-rc1 2012-12-19 08:19:07 -08:00
rapidio Driver core updates for 3.8-rc1 2012-12-11 13:13:55 -08:00
regulator Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-12-13 12:00:02 -08:00
remoteproc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-12-13 12:00:02 -08:00
rpmsg virtio: rpmsg: make it clear that virtqueue_add_buf() no longer returns > 0 2012-12-18 15:20:36 +10:30
rtc revert "rtc: recycle id when unloading a rtc driver" 2012-12-20 17:40:20 -08:00
s390 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux 2012-12-13 14:20:19 -08:00
sbus
scsi Second batch of InfiniBand/RDMA changes for 3.8: 2012-12-21 16:40:26 -08:00
sfi
sh
sn
spi spi/sh-hspi: fix return value check in hspi_probe(). 2012-12-19 15:11:41 +00:00
ssb Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless 2013-01-28 13:54:03 -05:00
staging Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2012-12-17 15:44:47 -08:00
target Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2012-12-15 14:25:10 -08:00
tc
thermal Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-12-13 12:00:02 -08:00
tty Merge branch 'omap-for-v3.8/fixes-for-merge-window' into omap-for-v3.8/fixes-for-merge-window-v2 2012-12-16 11:28:10 -08:00
uio ARM: arm-soc: SoC updates for 3.8 2012-12-12 12:05:15 -08:00
usb usb: musb: use io{read,write}*_rep accessors 2012-12-17 17:15:13 -08:00
uwb
vfio
vhost Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2012-12-15 14:25:10 -08:00
video backlight: locomolcd: fix checkpatch error and warning 2012-12-18 15:02:11 -08:00
virt Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2012-12-18 09:58:09 -08:00
virtio Some nice cleanups, and even a patch my wife did as a "live" demo for 2012-12-20 08:37:05 -08:00
vlynq
vme
w1 ARM: OMAP: Fix drivers to depend on omap for internal devices 2012-12-16 15:23:37 -08:00
watchdog watchdog: Orion: Fix possible null-deference in orion_wdt_probe 2012-12-19 22:25:10 +01:00
xen Feature: 2012-12-16 17:39:14 -08:00
zorro
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