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Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] mac80211: select an AID when creating new mesh STAs

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On Fri, 2015-07-17 at 16:48 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-07-17 at 15:48 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Tue, 2015-07-14 at 08:31 -0400, Bob Copeland wrote:
> > > Instead of using peer link id for AID, generate a new
> > > AID when creating mesh STAs in the kernel peering manager.
> > > This enables smaller TIM elements and more closely follows
> > > the standard, and it also enables mesh to work on drivers
> > > that require a valid AID when the STA is inserted (ath10k
> > > firmware has this requirement, for example).
> > > 
> > > In the case of userspace-managed stations, we use the AID
> > > from NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION.
> > > 
> > Applied the remaining 3 patches to mac80211-next (after merging
> > mac80211)
> > 
> 
> Actually, I'm dropping this one (the 5th) as it broke all the wpa_s
> mesh test cases. Perhaps wpa_s isn't assigning an AID and mac80211
> needs a fallback?
> 

Actually, it also fails without any of your patches, so I guess it's
some other issue. I'll keep these and sort it out when I'm back.

johannes
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