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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: discard multicast and 4-addr A-MSDUs

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On 2016-10-05 10:19, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In mac80211, multicast A-MSDUs are accepted in many cases that
> they shouldn't be accepted in:
>  * drop A-MSDUs with a multicast A1 (RA), as required by the
>    spec in 9.11 (802.11-2012 version)
>  * drop A-MSDUs with a 4-addr header, since the fourth address
>    can't actually be useful for them; this was already done in
>    the case where 4-addr behaviour was requested, but bizarrely
>    not in the common cases
Won't this break the use of A-MSDU in existing 4-addr AP/STA setups?

- Felix



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