Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:37376 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751920Ab2CGOCO (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2012 09:02:14 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 08:56:20 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Ashok Nagarajan Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, javier@cozybit.com, dan.carpenter@oracle.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] {nl,cfg,mac}80211: Implement RSSI threshold for mesh peering Message-ID: <20120307135619.GA12245@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20120307_150217_286173_F2AE9D64) References: <1331061810-4100-1-git-send-email-ashok@cozybit.com> <20120306193350.GA3353@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20120306193350.GA3353@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 02:33:50PM -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 11:23:30AM -0800, Ashok Nagarajan wrote: > > Mesh peer links are established only if average rssi of the peer > > candidate satisfies the threshold. This is not in 802.11s specification > > but was requested by David Fulgham, an open80211s user. This is a way to avoid > > marginal peer links with stations that are barely within range. > > > > This patch adds a new mesh configuration parameter, mesh_rssi_threshold. This > > feature is supported only for hardwares that report signal in dBm. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ashok Nagarajan > > Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona > > --- > > v3: > > use s32 instead of int32_t (Kalle Valo) > > Feature to be supported for devices reporting signal in dBm (Johannes) > > > > v4: > > Fix potential null pointer deferencing (Dan Carpenter) > > I already merged v3 yesterday -- can you rework this as a fix instead? Mail server problems, this was delayed. I see that you already sent a new one. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.