Re: rt2x00 mesh support

[Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 17 March 2009, Antonio Marques wrote:
> On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:31 , Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> > On Monday 16 March 2009, Antonio Marques wrote:
> >> On Mar 16, 2009, at 14:58 , Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> >>> On Monday 16 March 2009, Ant=F3nio Marques wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> As requested, I have attached the output of the script run befor=
e =20
> >>>> and
> >>>> after
> >>>> running 'iwlist mesh scan'. Unfortunately there seems to be no
> >>>> change in
> >>>> the output. I have also included the queue statistics as these d=
o
> >>>> change from
> >>>> one state to the next. Any further pointers to help debug this? =
=20
> >>>> I'll
> >>>> gladly test
> >>>> any patches that try to address this issue.
> >>>
> >>> The dumps aren't correct, I had forgotten to update the script on
> >>> the website
> >>> after some API for the rt2x00 debugfs interface changes recently.
> >>> Attached is the correct patch.
> >>>
> >>> Ivo
> >>> <rt2x00_regdump.sh>
> >>
> >> Fixed, new dumps are attached.
> >
> > Thanks for the dumps, the reason why the beaconing isn't working
> > is (fortunately) very obvious from the registers point of view.
> > The "generate beacons" bit is simply not enabled. However the reaso=
n
> > why this bit has not been set escapes me. Could you apply the attac=
hed
> > patch? This will add extra debug messages to the driver to see when=
 =20
> > the
> > beacon generation bit is set.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ivo
> > <rt73usb.beacon.diff>
>=20
> Here are the relevant portions of the dmesg with the aforementioned
> patch applied.
>=20
> After interface creation and before 'iwlist mesh scan':

<...snip...>

> Hope this is useful.

It absolutely is :)

Thanks,

Ivo
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