Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:10:35 -0500
From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>
Cc: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>, bruno randolf <bruno@thinktube.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>, jirislaby@gmail.com,
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	Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>,
	Kishore Ramachandran <kishore@winlab.rutgers.edu>,
	Ivan Seskar <Seskar@winlab.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: enable IBSS merging
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On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:33:31PM -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Feb 5, 2008 11:34 PM, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> wrote:

> > The BSSID generation as a hash from SSID does not sound like something
> > that would match the requirements of IEEE 802.11 11.1.6 ("a number
> > selected in a manner that minimizes the probability of STAs generating
> > the same number") since it is actually maximizing that probablity for
> > the case of same SSID ;-).
> 
> Heh, good catch :)

FWIW, that wouldn't be the first time we (i.e. Linux) chose to do
something that did not completely comply with a standard.  If it
interoperates with other equipment and is good for users, I don't
think picky standard compliance is worthwhile.

Please note that I am not really taking a stand in favor of this ATM,
only asserting that blind standard compliance is not a good reason
to NAK it IMHO.

John
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