Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] mac80211: use configured mesh TTL
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
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Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:51:47 +0100
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On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 12:44 -0800, Javier Cardona wrote:

> Path selection frames use a different TTL, which was recently renamed
> from 'TTL' to 'Element TTL' in the 11s draft:
> 
> element time to live (Element TTL): An integer number that is used to
> limit the number of hops an
> HWMP element may be processed and propagated. Note that this Element
> TTL is different from the
> Mesh TTL in the Mesh Control (see 7.1.3.6.3 (Mesh Control field)).
> 
> So no, I would not change this.

Ok, can you look at v2 though please -- does this hold for all four
places, or is the one in mesh_path_error_tx really a bug?

Should we rename the constant then, to indicate the difference? Maybe
something like MESH_DEFAULT_ELEMENT_TTL even if that's a bit verbose?

johannes