From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:52411 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752295AbYGINmY (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:42:24 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mac80211: Include sequence number in IBSS and Mesh beacons From: Johannes Berg To: Michael Buesch Cc: Ivo van Doorn , "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, rt2400-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <200807091538.09387.mb@bu3sch.de> References: <200807091511.14288.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <200807091511.45779.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <200807091538.09387.mb@bu3sch.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-VHvQ/v1/rxIL7q9W+LN0" Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:41:38 +0200 Message-Id: <1215610898.3246.6.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20080709_154227_861431_20D09CF9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-VHvQ/v1/rxIL7q9W+LN0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 15:38 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Wednesday 09 July 2008 15:11:45 Ivo van Doorn wrote: > > Currently only beacons generated in AP mode have the software > > sequence number inserted. This means IBSS and Mesh mode are broken > > for all hardware that require software sequence numbers. >=20 > Does software seq numbering even work at all? > What about packets that get sent between the driver requested the > beacon and the driver does actually queue it? Hmm. I guess we'd have to lock the master device while requesting a beacon... but also lock around the driver code queuing the beacon or something? johannes --=-VHvQ/v1/rxIL7q9W+LN0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJIdMAOAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYvOgP/13wCm6X+oSl8HVO+QDOLwm/ lW+Z6PEji1k9YdBUCXkhFP21YaSSCcwwY5jnYABRVO3CNAVPa2XAYkED57hTRgnq kKGfr9vDE3/vXHYYOCTAjWNFStTAW2vQxLADLHG9LOfROcsUla/+OSZMzecTPcLo t6qgE6cH036jG29m01M8u15G8G6eEMfwvN3Ma8lqr0d5P+kOs/FxxbqFHohlbT3B XDgSZaZkZwgMnm2cKyA8c1YkKNzEaMwtB6oDNanSlWmb6d6EuK7OckpFoj+rJLmr 5cJYjC+KtoY/Vv8D9VLa9iN4GvB0YJSZD73x1oC8w2iGMRERhqnAHlh4PLlTNxe7 A9waooxJRrQafBy88fwNobczP6J+a5b5S40cIPtH1mWQ3tqvhefGzKwAbOetK1XI ThJE95TS6crbswn5BetBAF1ET7/qSD8mcqPjuXgB1iHOtvBprK7l2YCXyKxkiWpu BjiMPlKzltu1UeFuGDtc2Ot9GYVmb+HCffqoGn7GiERdZhjXdqLOa7iXwCrO/JZu BbjDOuByQQq4rMvV/pztWlVLuOZQG9DZrTpxJ9mJlAqZmgud3edAbhhARLS+6KD3 uTqsO/oo5VkXRcFF1BMP5v1dCABchhv5ZGGh2Dmcwtcpab8NycU/cY0SmQpzQ8tz t2NxxbMXo1LCFRlCKUHj =5dck -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-VHvQ/v1/rxIL7q9W+LN0--