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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Reconfigure beacons after a merge run in IBSS mode

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Johannes Berg wrote:
> I think instead we should have an enable-beacon flag that we disable
> before scanning, and then re-enable after scanning like here. That way,
> we also don't need any extra code in the driver to stop beaconing before
> scanning, and it generally helps too when userspace deletes the beacon
> we stop beaconing in a controlled fashion.

Yep, I did remember the earlier discussion, this seemed like a quick fix
for my IBSS troubles :)

> The best way is probably to add a conf flag like CONF_PS and a change
> flag for this, what do you think?

This has to be a per-interface flag, so it would be part of ieee80211_if_conf ?

Sujith
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