From 2ee2628e8ee67f79326d359576fe97094a95654f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: stsp Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 14:40:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that athn(4) USB devices don't support power saving in hostap mode. Prompted by a report from martingot on bugs@ --- share/man/man4/athn.4 | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/athn.4 b/share/man/man4/athn.4 index 0d9060b2bad..d64dd879a24 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/athn.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/athn.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: athn.4,v 1.40 2020/07/13 16:35:52 stsp Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: athn.4,v 1.41 2021/05/06 14:40:35 stsp Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Damien Bergamini . .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 13 2020 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 6 2021 $ .Dt ATHN 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ the driver supports powersave mode, which can be enabled via .Xr ifconfig 8 . In Host AP mode, -the driver is compatible with clients using powersave. +the driver is compatible with clients using powersave, except on AR7010 +and AR9287 USB devices. .Pp The .Nm @@ -269,4 +270,7 @@ Additional work is required in .Xr ieee80211 9 before those features can be supported. .Pp -On USB devices, the firmware limits Host AP mode to 7 concurrent clients. +On USB devices, Host AP mode is limited to 7 concurrent clients and does +not support power saving. +Clients attempting to use power saving mode may experience significant +packet loss. -- 2.20.1