From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from w1.fi ([128.177.27.249]:53162 "EHLO jmalinen.user.openhosting.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751923Ab1BAOvH (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Feb 2011 09:51:07 -0500 Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 16:51:00 +0200 From: Jouni Malinen To: Johannes Berg Cc: Arik Nemtsov , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: pass up beacons from external BSS when operating as AP Message-ID: <20110201145100.GA21686@jm.kir.nu> References: <1296559385-5357-1-git-send-email-arik@wizery.com> <1296568614.3989.6.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1296568614.3989.6.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 02:56:54PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 13:23 +0200, Arik Nemtsov wrote: > > Beacons from external BSSes are required for updating overlapping BSS > > info (i.e. ERP protection). Pass them up unconditionally. > > Where will they be processed though? In src/ap/ap_list.c (hostap.git) ;-) This code has been there for a long time, but the functionality was broken at some point (maybe already during d80211 -> mac80211 process) due to the beacons not getting delivered there anymore. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA