Return-path: Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.188]:63247 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755499AbXKKADn (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:03:43 -0500 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k20so821161rvb for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:03:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <445f43ac0711101603s18cd70a7lb70dedea8cc5c3c0@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20071111_000348_874704_6D2CAF09) Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:03:42 -0800 From: "Javier Cardona" To: "Johannes Berg" Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] o80211s: (mac80211s) basic mesh interface support Cc: "Luis Carlos Cobo" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1194689500.7258.61.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <473516ee.26d7720a.3f57.ffff8233@mx.google.com> <1194689500.7258.61.camel@johannes.berg> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Johannes, On 11/10/07, Johannes Berg wrote: > > --- a/include/net/mac80211.h > > +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h > > @@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ enum ieee80211_if_types { > > IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP, > > IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA, > > IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS, > > + IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MESH, > > What happened to Dan's suggestion of calling this MESH_STA? And maybe in > nl80211 as well? I might've missed something, was there a conclusion? A mesh AP would have two interfaces, each with a different MAC address. One IF_TYPE_MESH, the other IF_TYPE_AP. Support for MAP, as you suggested, would be implemented in hostapd. Javier