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Re: [PATCH 2/2] mac80211: Drop new node with weak power

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On 2017/03/17 21:28, Johannes Berg wrote:
Hmm. If path selection isn't done by mac80211 in this case, wouldn't it
be more appropriate to put this logic into the (userspace) component
that does path selection?

Currently, userspace application(wpa_supplicant) does not have mesh
path selection functionality.

IOW, I'm not convinced that outright not adding the *peer* is a good
idea either way - it seems much better to me to not use the *path*.

We have already had the code to calculate mesh path metric with RSSI.

But we still needs this patch for a special case on SAE. Some hardware
can use hardware encryption for mesh SAE. Then the hardware has a
limitation of key registration. For example, some hardware could only
save keys for 8 stations. So we need to drop stations itself with weak
signal instead of the pathes to its.

Masashi Honma.



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