* [PATCH] Fixed BSSID step 4: Don't merge if BSSID is set manually
@ 2009-01-06 2:08 Alina Friedrichsen
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From: Alina Friedrichsen @ 2009-01-06 2:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-wireless; +Cc: johannes
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If you set a fixed BSSID manually, you never want that the driver change it back, or your ad-hoc mesh network will break into peaces. So don't do it.
Signed-off-by: Alina Friedrichsen <x-alina@gmx.net>
diff -urN compat-wireless-2009-01-05.orig/net/mac80211/mlme.c compat-wireless-2009-01-05.work/net/mac80211/mlme.c
--- compat-wireless-2009-01-05.orig/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2009-01-06 02:07:38.000000000 +0100
+++ compat-wireless-2009-01-05/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2009-01-06 02:08:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -1660,6 +1660,7 @@
/* check if we need to merge IBSS */
if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC && beacon &&
+ (!(sdata->u.sta.flags & IEEE80211_STA_BSSID_SET)) &&
bss->capability & WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS &&
bss->freq == local->oper_channel->center_freq &&
elems->ssid_len == sdata->u.sta.ssid_len &&
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diff -urN compat-wireless-2009-01-05.orig/net/mac80211/mlme.c compat-wireless-2009-01-05.work/net/mac80211/mlme.c
--- compat-wireless-2009-01-05.orig/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2009-01-06 02:07:38.000000000 +0100
+++ compat-wireless-2009-01-05/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2009-01-06 02:08:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -1660,6 +1660,7 @@
/* check if we need to merge IBSS */
if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC && beacon &&
+ (!(sdata->u.sta.flags & IEEE80211_STA_BSSID_SET)) &&
bss->capability & WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS &&
bss->freq == local->oper_channel->center_freq &&
elems->ssid_len == sdata->u.sta.ssid_len &&
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