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Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] support ftm responder configuration/statistics

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Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 2018-09-05 at 18:01 -0700, Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu wrote:
>> Currently ftm_responder parameter in hostapd.conf is only used for fine
>> timing measurement (FTM) capability advertisement and actual control of
>> the functionality is with low-level device/driver. This leads to confusion
>> to the user when the capability advertisement is different from actual FTM
>> responder functionality.
>> 
>> For example, FTM responder capability advertisement is set to 'enabled',
>> but the functionality is disabled or not supported by the driver.
>> 
>> The patch set allows userspace to enable FTM responder functionality
>> with the addition of new Netlink flag attribute NL80211_ATTR_FTM_RESPONDER
>> with configurable lci/civic ocation parameters. Also extended feature flag
>> is added for the drivers to advertise the support. Setting the flag to
>> enable FTM responder would imply that AP responds to all FTM requests.
>> Default is considered to be disabled.
>> 
>> changes in V3:
>>  - fixed the ambiguous ftm responder disable case to be not supported
>
> For reasons unknown to me, this patchset made it neither to the list
> nor, consequently, patchwork. Please resend.

Actually patch 3 made it:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10590115/

But it didn't get the rest as it says "Untitled series #15763".
Patchwork was timing out for me quite heavily so in that way I'm not
surprised that patches are getting lost :(

-- 
Kalle Valo



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