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Re: 2.6.24, mac80211 and b/g switching

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Hi Vladimir,

> So I've opted for compat-wireless-2.6 way, and as my first concern was
> to see if cw_min is being set correctly I've immediately come across an
> issue here:
> 
> conf_tx (called from ieee80211_sta_set_ssid) is being called before
> IEEE80211_SDATA_OPERATING_GMODE flag is set/cleared (which is done in
> ieee80211_rx_mgmt_assoc_resp). That means conf_tx will use cw_min
> parameters from previous association, so when you switch between B and G
> APs, you will end up with wrong cw_min.
> 
> Shouldn't conf_tx better be called only/also after association finishes?
>  Or should the IEEE80211_SDATA_OPERATING_GMODE flag be set prior to
> auth/assoc based on previous beacon/probe response info?

Good question. I think it should probably be set once we have decided
which network we will associate with as, in theory, we could send out
management frames with RTS/CTS protection too.

johannes

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