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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] cfg80211: add bss_type and privacy arguments in cfg80211_get_bss()

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On Sun, 2015-02-08 at 15:52 +0200, Dedy Lansky wrote:
> Background: 802.11ad adds new network type (PBSS) and changes "capability"
> field interpretation for the DMG (60G) band.
> Same 2 bits that was interpreted as "ESS" and "IBSS", are re-used as
> 2-bit field with 3 valid values (and 1 reserved). Valid values are:
> "IBSS", "PBSS" (new) and "AP".
> 
> New enum added into cfg80211.h - ieee80211_bss_type with valid network types.
> When searching for particular network type in cfg80211_get_bss,
> "capa_mask" and "capa_val" would not work due to difference described above.
> Thus, need to decouple network type (bss_type) and handle it separately.
> 
> Remaining bits in "capa_mask" and "capa_val" are used only for PRIVACY matching
> so replace those two with privacy enum.

Applied, with minor changes.

johannes

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