Re: p54spi - mesh mode summary

[Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de>]

On Friday 27 March 2009 06:03:54 Max Filippov wrote:
> > > 4) Pings don't go, because MPs don't answer ARP requests sent to it.
> > > Haven't tested for the root cause yet.
> >
> > Maybe some multicast issue?
> 
> ARP requests get filtered out by LMAC.
> Can anyone explain why? My 802.11s comprehension is quite weak.
> Here's the packet:
> 
> IEEE 802.11 Data, Flags: ......FT
>     Type/Subtype: Data (0x20)
>     Frame Control: 0x0308 (Normal)
>         Version: 0
>         Type: Data frame (2)
>         Subtype: 0
>         Flags: 0x3
>             DS status: WDS (AP to AP) or Mesh (MP to MP) Frame (To DS: 1 From DS: 1) (0x03)
>             .... .0.. = More Fragments: This is the last fragment
>             .... 0... = Retry: Frame is not being retransmitted
>             ...0 .... = PWR MGT: STA will stay up
>             ..0. .... = More Data: No data buffered
>             .0.. .... = Protected flag: Data is not protected
>             0... .... = Order flag: Not strictly ordered
>     Duration: 0
>     Receiver address: Broadcast (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff)
>     Transmitter address: NokiaDan_9b:ee:6c (00:1d:6e:9b:ee:6c)
>     Destination address: Broadcast (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff)
>     Fragment number: 0
>     Sequence number: 2
>     Source address: NokiaDan_9b:ee:6c (00:1d:6e:9b:ee:6c)
>     Mesh Header
>         Address Extension 0
>         Mesh TTL: 5
>         Mesh Seq: 0
> Logical-Link Control
>     DSAP: SNAP (0xaa)
>     IG Bit: Individual
>     SSAP: SNAP (0xaa)
>     CR Bit: Command
>     Control field: U, func=UI (0x03)
>         000. 00.. = Command: Unnumbered Information (0x00)
>         .... ..11 = Frame type: Unnumbered frame (0x03)
>     Organization Code: Encapsulated Ethernet (0x000000)
>     Type: ARP (0x0806)
> Address Resolution Protocol (request)
>     Hardware type: Ethernet (0x0001)
>     Protocol type: IP (0x0800)
>     Hardware size: 6
>     Protocol size: 4
>     Opcode: request (0x0001)
>     Sender MAC address: NokiaDan_9b:ee:6c (00:1d:6e:9b:ee:6c)
>     Sender IP address: 192.168.4.13 (192.168.4.13)
>     Target MAC address: 00:00:00_00:00:00 (00:00:00:00:00:00)
>     Target IP address: 192.168.4.14 (192.168.4.14)
> 
> 
> I'm tempted to do something like this in p54_setup_mac:
> 
> -               case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
>                         mode = P54_FILTER_TYPE_IBSS;
>                         break;
> +               case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
> +                       mode = P54_FILTER_TYPE_IBSS | P54_FILTER_TYPE_TRANSPARENT;
> +                       break;
> 
> But I guess that's bad solution, at least for pci/usb drivers.
> Christian, Johannes, what would you suggest?
That's odd.

P54_FILTER_TYPE_TRANSPARENT should be already set for mesh mode.

The reason is that mesh mode will automatically set the FIF_OTHER_BSS flag,
(file:net/mac80211/iface.c func:ieee80211_open lines:251 f) 

which in turn ORs the P54_FILTER_TYPE_TRANSPARENT flag to the mode...
(file:drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c func: p54_setup_mac lines: 1691 f)

So, there's no need to OR a flag that gets ORed anyway?

Regards,
	Chr