Return-path: Received: from betty.cbit.net.au ([202.55.154.10]:60040 "EHLO mail.cbit.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751380AbXHKG3Y (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:29:24 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cbit.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0A99108056 for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:29:21 +1000 (EST) Received: from mail.cbit.net.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id lYolyaWhkcTz for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:29:21 +1000 (EST) Received: from keitarou.bubblesworth.net (unknown [202.55.155.124]) by mail.cbit.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id C70E7108030 for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:29:21 +1000 (EST) Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:29:21 +1000 From: Paul TBBle Hampson To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: mac80211 IPv6 problems Message-ID: <20070811062921.GA27009@keitarou> References: <46b1fde0.b+weBDN75J0SPe2a%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <1186094778.6701.6.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <20070803005517.GA4261@tuxdriver.com> <200708030102.17358.flamingice@sourmilk.net> <20070806170500.GE6442@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s" In-Reply-To: <20070806170500.GE6442@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 01:05:00PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 01:02:12AM -0700, Michael Wu wrote: >> This doesn't seem quite right. I think ieee80211_rx_h_data is a safer pl= ace=20 >> for this check (inside the IEEE80211_FCTL_FROMDS case), and allows vario= us=20 >> statistics to be updated. ieee80211_rx_h_sta_process is another function= that=20 >> might work though that would probably involve more code to add all the r= ight=20 >> checks. > The patch below seems to work for me w/ an otherwise stock F-7 kernel > w/ iwl3945. Thoughts? > From: John W. Linville > [PATCH] mac80211: filter locally-originated multicast frames > In STA mode, the AP will echo our traffic. This includes multicast > traffice. > Receiving these frames confuses some protocols and applications, > notably IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection. > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Worked for me, on bcm43xx-mac80211. Got an IP address from radvd, and was able to ping6 a couple of places out on the big bad Internet. Whole kernel is built from wireless-dev, f2b262a6a8771fe9595f2c08e9d598b97634b266. Thanks. ^_^ --=20 ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, B.Sc, LPI, MCSE Very-later-year Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) Paul.Hampson@Pobox.com Of course Pacman didn't influence us as kids. If it did, we'd be running around in darkened rooms, popping pills and listening to repetitive music. -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.1/au/ ----------------------------------------------------------- --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGvVdBexDuohKLFuARAnjVAJ48CyCAqckDtPVSHClnDtIxAJ6UKgCfSc3+ Ytd8NvADVw9NCuntqASpZG8= =P0XI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s-- -: To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org: More majordomo info at http: //vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html