Re: rtlwifi/rtl8192cu AP mode broken with PS STA

[Maciej S. Szmigiero]

On 08.04.2021 21:04, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> On 08.04.2021 06:42, Pkshih wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Maciej S. Szmigiero [mailto:mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2021 4:53 AM
> > > To: Larry Finger; Pkshih
> > > Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: rtlwifi/rtl8192cu AP mode broken with PS STA
> (...)
> > > > Maceij,
> > > >
> > > > Does this patch fix the problem?
> > >
> > > The beacon seems to be updating now and STAs no longer get stuck in PS
> > > mode.
> > > Although sometimes (every 2-3 minutes with continuous 1s interval pings)
> > > there is around 5s delay in updating the transmitted beacon - don't know
> > > why, maybe the NIC hardware still has the old version in queue?
> >
> > Since USB device doesn't update every beacon, dtim_count isn't updated neither.
> > It leads STA doesn't awake properly. Please try to fix dtim_period=1 in
> > hostapd.conf, which tells STA awakes every beacon interval.
>
> The situation is the same with dtim_period=1.
(...)

Ping-Ke,
are you going to submit your set_tim() patch so at least the AP mode is
usable with PS STAs or are you waiting for a solution to the delayed
beacon update issue?

Thanks,
Maciej