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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: PBSS basic support

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Hi,

Sorry about the delay.

> > > wdev->bss_type refers to the BSS that we are connecting/connected to (Maybe rename to "conn_bss_type"?).
> > > This member is used in sme.c. It was introduced because once the connect is complete and driver calls cfg80211_connect_result(), cfg needs to find the BSS being connected to.
> > 
> > Ok I was thinking you were adding it to struct cfg80211_bss. Wouldn't that make a bit more sense? Of course it can also be derived from cfg80211_bss::channel and cfg80211_bss::capability, your call.
> > 
> > However, it doesn't seem that you need it in wdev if you have it there inside wdev->current_bss?
> 
> current_bss is set later.
> 
> inside __cfg80211_connect_result(), we look for the BSS being connected to:
>   bss = cfg80211_get_bss(..., bssid, wdev->bss_type, ...)
> only after that, current_bss is set to this BSS:
>   wdev->current_bss = bss_from_pub(bss);

Ok.

johannes

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