Return-path: Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.170.191]:7985 "EHLO rn-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750799AbYJZUeo (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:34:44 -0400 Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k40so931911rnd.17 for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:34:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <445f43ac0810261334y7c064785gbf83efe3ab00cdf9@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20081026_213449_829560_0C234150) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:34:41 -0700 From: "Javier Cardona" To: "Johannes Berg" Subject: Re: [RFC] mac80211 rx filter in mesh mode, rt2x00 mesh point operation Cc: "Ivo van Doorn" , "Andrey Yurovsky" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1225008571.3478.14.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <4900f16b.0b0c360a.2bc3.ffffa11a@mx.google.com> <445f43ac0810231507l790332b9h2c05e95aa0212392@mail.gmail.com> <200810251228.17562.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <445f43ac0810251820p71e6e330tba6ba9475ca8aa48@mail.gmail.com> <1225008571.3478.14.camel@johannes.berg> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Johannes, Ivo, On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:09 AM, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Sat, 2008-10-25 at 18:20 -0700, Javier Cardona wrote: >> Ivo, >> >> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 3:28 AM, Ivo van Doorn wrote: >> > For rt2x00 this would turn into: >> > FIF_ALLMULTI | FIF_OTHER_BSS | FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS >> >> With the above configuration, will the rt2x00 device acknowledge 1) >> unicast frames addressed to itself? 2) unicast frames addressed to >> others? 3) none of the above? > > It should always only be (1), mac80211 might set OTHER_BSS if it (well, > the user) wants to see traffic on the same channel from other BSSes. Good. My concern was that FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS would disable all acknowledgments. (I've seen some wireless hw with that behavior) Thanks! -- Javier Cardona cozybit Inc.