Return-path: Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.169]:47329 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751608AbYKDMnV (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Nov 2008 07:43:21 -0500 Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 27so3175070wfd.4 for ; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:43:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: (sfid-20081104_134325_995311_060615BD) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 07:43:21 -0500 From: "Bob Copeland" To: "Michael Buesch" Subject: Re: No ProbeResp - assume out of range Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , "Tomas Winkler" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <200811041217.51096.mb@bu3sch.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <43e72e890811021305k19e9a314i6400cd1a759b3d00@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890811021458h1444d350v33a5e5b984b76495@mail.gmail.com> <20081103002558.GA14153@tesla> <200811041217.51096.mb@bu3sch.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Michael Buesch wrote: > Well, so it seems this is caused by the driver honoring the filter flag for > beacons. b43 and b43legacy do this, too. So they most likely have the same > misbehaviour. > In the end, I'd still call this a mac80211 bug. Why does mac80211 suppress > beacons (by clearing the flag), if it needs them? The patch in question disables all beacons, not just ones coming from other bssid. -- Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com