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Re: [PATCH 3/4] o80211s: (mac80211s) basic mesh interface support

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Johannes,

On 11/10/07, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > --- a/include/net/mac80211.h
> > +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
> > @@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ enum ieee80211_if_types {
> >       IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP,
> >       IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA,
> >       IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS,
> > +     IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MESH,
>
> What happened to Dan's suggestion of calling this MESH_STA? And maybe in
> nl80211 as well? I might've missed something, was there a conclusion?

A mesh AP would have two interfaces, each with a different MAC
address.  One IF_TYPE_MESH, the other IF_TYPE_AP.  Support for MAP, as
you suggested, would be implemented in hostapd.

Javier
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