Re: [RFC/RFT] cfg80211/nl80211: add IBSS API

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

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On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 16:26 +0200, Alina Friedrichsen wrote:
> > Hmm, I forgot one thing -- you may want to create an IBSS on a specific
> > channel, but still allow it scan for other IBSSes. I guess we need a
> > flag for that and not make "channel set" imply fixed channel.
> 
> In cfg80211 an indication for channel auto select is needed for IBSS
> and _STA_ mode, to implement with it the old wext interface. If not
> set the channel shouldn't be changed. If you not want store this flag
> in cfg80211, you must store it in the channel functions of wext to
> have the same behavior like now.

That's not what I was referring to -- and wext doesn't actually allow
what I'm referring to afaik.

When you want to create an IBSS on channel 5, what do you do?

I think you have to
	iwconfig wlan0 essid test
	iwconfig wlan0 channel 5
	iwconfig wlan0 ap off # clear fixed channel bit

which is ... weird. OTOH with mac80211 you can also say
	iconfig wlan0 channel -1

but that's even more strange.

johannes

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