Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f183.google.com ([209.85.223.183]:65426 "EHLO mail-iw0-f183.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755373Ab0BGT5U (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:57:20 -0500 Received: by iwn13 with SMTP id 13so4111085iwn.25 for ; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:57:19 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1265446793.4041.2.camel@johannes.local> References: <1265331642-27773-1-git-send-email-cascardo@holoscopio.com> <20100205165726.GA1496@holoscopio.com> <1265446793.4041.2.camel@johannes.local> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:51:03 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] nl80211: allow adding new station to devices in mesh mode From: Andrey Yurovsky To: Johannes Berg Cc: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Javier Cardona Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Johannes Berg wrote: > I do wonder though, the commit (155cc9e4b1d60161ee53) I referenced was > yours, and now you're asking the same question as I am -- "why even > allow adding stations?" It was supported for automated testing and experimentation (you could then force certain topologies). I can't think of any other reason to do it. I suppose that the same thing goes for mpaths and the mesh portal tables. -Andrey