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Re: [RFC 2/2] ath10k: Add QCA vendor command/attr support to filterneighbor BSS frames

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On Fri, 2018-10-05 at 06:00 +0000, Kalle Valo wrote:
> 
> So I'm not sure what to do with this. A bpf type of filtering system in
> mac80211 would be nice

Yes, I think we really need to start implementing that sooner rather
than later. I had something, must see if I can find time for it.

> but then again we cannot benefit from HW offloading.

Yes, that's a concern. But how big of a concern is it really?

This patch only talks about "allow an AP" etc. and so while important,
power isn't the _utmost_ concern like on mobile. Given an efficient
filtering solution in software, would that be sufficient?

johannes




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