Return-path: Received: from mail-qc0-f173.google.com ([209.85.216.173]:53958 "EHLO mail-qc0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751013AbaIKNl2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:41:28 -0400 Received: by mail-qc0-f173.google.com with SMTP id w7so21038175qcr.18 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:41:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1410281416.2770593.165489213.019D33E6@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <540ED666.9070101@broadcom.com> <20140909132623.GD29412@tuxdriver.com> <1410281416.2770593.165489213.019D33E6@webmail.messagingengine.com> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 19:11:27 +0530 Message-ID: (sfid-20140911_154131_501260_6729C2E3) Subject: Re: Mesh Support in brcmsmac From: chandrika parimoo To: Thomas Pedersen Cc: "John W. Linville" , Arend van Spriel , brcm80211-dev-list@broadcom.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Is there any work already done or is being done to get the mesh support on brcmsmac driver (I can see that b43 and b43legacy already has mesh support)? Since b43 has no support for BCM4313 chipsets so using b43 is not an option in my case. Also, will making changes to brcmsmac be sufficient or will there be a requirement for firmware changes to achieve mesh support? On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Thomas Pedersen wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014, at 06:26 AM, John W. Linville wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 12:28:54PM +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote: >> > + linux-wireless >> > >> > On 09/09/14 12:22, chandrika parimoo wrote: >> > >Hello, >> > > >> > >I have broadcom bcm4313 card and am using brcmsmac driver which does not >> > >have mesh support currently. >> > >I wanted to know if there is a workaround for it? >> > >> > No workaround. I am not familiar with wireless mesh networking. I suppose >> > there are people on the linux-wireless mailing list who know what is needed >> > from a mac80211 driver (like brcmsmac) to enable mesh networking. >> >> The main things is the beacons, no? > > Yeah mainly beacons, but also 4addr frames and FIF_OTHER_BSS filter. > > -- > thomas