Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:50091 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756050AbZKBSpH (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:45:07 -0500 Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:32:54 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Felix Fietkau Cc: Johannes Berg , Sujith , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix IBSS merge Message-ID: <20091102183253.GI14046@tuxdriver.com> References: <19182.33851.980271.360757@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <1257151486.3555.161.camel@johannes.local> <20091102153614.GC14046@tuxdriver.com> <4AEF14E9.7060902@nbd.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <4AEF14E9.7060902@nbd.name> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 06:20:41PM +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote: > John W. Linville wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 09:44:46AM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > >> On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 12:33 +0530, Sujith wrote: > >> > Currently, in IBSS mode, a single creator would go into > >> > a loop trying to merge/scan. This happens because the IBSS timer is > >> > rearmed on finishing a scan and the subsequent > >> > timer invocation requests another scan immediately. > >> > > >> > This patch fixes this issue by checking if we have just completed > >> > a scan run trying to merge with other IBSS networks. > >> > >> Heh, how many people do we need to fix IBSS? :) > > > > Yeah, no kidding...I suspect that actual IBSS users are few, and a > > substantial number of those are doing crazy things with it! :-) > Yeah, we're doing crazy things like mesh networks of few hundred > nodes... something that 11s isn't really suitable for. :-) In fact, I had you in mind when I said that -- crazy doesn't mean useless... :-) John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.