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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Support beacon configuration via nl80211 for
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On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 19:54 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:

> If we had a 'start mesh' command, like 'join IBSS', then it'd be natural
> to have just more attributes in it. Maybe it's time to start thinking
> about that again, although backward compatibility could be interesting.

Ok I started looking at this ...

I have a feeling I asked this before, but can't remember -- is it
necessary to be able to change the mesh config on the fly, while the
mesh is active?

johannes