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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: dont drop mesh peering frames from unknown STA

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On Wed, 2012-12-05 at 15:04 -0800, Marco Porsch wrote:
> Previously, mesh peering frames from a STA without a station entry were being
> dropped.
> 
> Mesh Peering Open and Co. frames (WLAN_CATEGORY_SELF_PROTECTED) although from
> a yet unknown STA are valid mesh peering frames. The STA entry will followingly
> be created in mesh_peer_init.
> The problem was previously worked around since both STA receive the beacons
> of one another which create the STA entry. Yet, this creates an unnecessary
> delay and beacons may not be received if either node is in PS mode.

Applied.

johannes

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