Return-path: Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]:32032 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751952AbYHSMfp (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:35:45 -0400 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id c2so471373ugf.37 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:35:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1ba2fa240808190535g513cd0das37f436e756d0bc60@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20080819_143552_037824_2E98BAB4) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:35:42 +0300 From: "Tomas Winkler" To: "Jouni Malinen" Subject: Re: Userspace client MLME and BSSID-mismatch filtering for scans Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20080818190829.GB4809@jm.kir.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <20080818164741.GA4809@jm.kir.nu> <20080818190829.GB4809@jm.kir.nu> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Jouni Malinen wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 07:47:42PM +0300, Jouni Malinen wrote: >> I'm trying to get userspace client MLME working again and the next >> blocker seems to be in Probe Response frames being dropped during >> scanning > > I got the userspace client MLME working with the current wpa_supplicant > 0.6.x git version and using -Dnl80211. mac80211 needs two changes for > this to work: cfg80211 vif configuration option for enabling userspace > MLME (I'll send an updated patch for this) and workaround/fix for > ProbeResp frames (BSSID-mismatch) dropping during scan (works with the > patch I sent in the previous message in this thread or alternatively, > could add a mechanism for letting mac80211 know when userspace MLME is > doing scanning if that is considered more preferable; that extension > would add on top of the vif configuration patch to bring in extra > parameters for indicating scan state). > What are benefits this type of scanning? Is this sultion you are looking for or this just should bridge temporal lack of nl80211 API for scanning? Thanks Tomas