Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:54656 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754132AbZCQHqM (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:46:12 -0400 Subject: Re: [rfc] Implement ath9k mesh point operation From: Johannes Berg To: Pat Erley Cc: linux-wireless , ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org, andrey@cozybit.com, Andrey Yurovsky , brian@cozybit.com, javier@cozybit.com, colin@cozybit.com In-Reply-To: <49BED464.2010904@erley.org> (sfid-20090316_233631_951441_68D057DC) References: <49BED464.2010904@erley.org> (sfid-20090316_233631_951441_68D057DC) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-4Y4A7/vhbYSAZRyhTx7m" Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:46:07 +0100 Message-Id: <1237275967.18086.6.camel@johannes.local> (sfid-20090317_084615_412503_03757B61) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-4Y4A7/vhbYSAZRyhTx7m Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 18:36 -0400, Pat Erley wrote: > Currently, you need to trigger a scan on the mesh point interface to > enable beaconing. This is the same behavior the ath5k, rt2500usb and=20 > rt61pci drivers exhibit. Is this a mac80211 design flaw, or something > in all of these drivers? It's mac80211. We never call ieee80211_if_config() when we enable a mesh interface, and thus conf.enable_beacon with IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON_ENABLED isn't ever set correctly. johannes --=-4Y4A7/vhbYSAZRyhTx7m Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJJv1U9AAoJEKVg1VMiehFYHW8P/3ywxvhi6J6vf1ZuG73NiSVi KUhwqJNRDROVlSooLoFMNmGPPP2ZX6PS/P7Oh3xOmFBmtMgAl7KWpJG4ZhP1hiog LkLOkGkEmlTT43Ra6tYLXQbPQNYW8SYeo7x3v5yuynLl1Wx1q05m1swdwqhI7vl/ B1Q26Oqyrs8abMNBLsj+HFLkVMWlUp+/ktmvVxcqhcJJ2GKeFXZSjeXRd2o8xlZk Wj9nnIAwEXmmJ2DM8PN1RXuTB6UkloFF50Hgh35DcYhshyx+cfbUZApg3/TXt1wp en8ipqJlxAQ/ahQk+/PdzzxKOPjCxSjqxqRAn5lyblD/GF9wWkKI9XLriNtsK5Wj huDCofulTs4cjZ8MZajwWXeHeVq0ncMeAsEaC5Y+VS1Vgtkf4tUI6Kd+3N7nJNqO 1xHq+ViNsGAeXLMkRQG+b2MhJDJyod1TU0IJkF4ArqGSJRnBjBIL9CQ1W2HAj5Mh 4YTMlFdyRS3WH+V5gBKTMeaqQ6/DzIFIlYGIpP/D8sgtDw0NXJ+eJ50ExvskmpF0 1z/9TMlglT1jQLxFClk+R21i67dQgNNx1UHzRN/FBI3Lg1bMA0V6eT9jqKXb7E+u IindZ7uaMta4fvh5H3VCmvzRdMiraTWA9qE0CWR5bPSDYH3KeFCarh6j59GXYjmR g0AeMfbpPSQEe54A8X1R =MvdM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-4Y4A7/vhbYSAZRyhTx7m--