On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:26:15AM -0500, Bob Copeland wrote: > > 2009/1/23 Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Keir <keirlawson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> According to the 802.11s website it seems to claim that mesh > > >> networking is supported for ath5k devices in kernel 2.6.28, however, > > >> upon running ifconfig mesh0 up (having previously created the mesh > > >> device using iw) I get "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported". > [...] > > > > > > Mesh was enabled for 2.6.29 via b706e65b40417e03c2451bb3f92488f3736843fa, > > > so if you need it in 2.6.28 you can ask Greg to pick it up for stable. > > > > I would really like support in 2.6.28, but I don't want to > > inconvenience anyone... who's Greg? What I would really like is ath5k > > mesh support in a stable kernel, the wireless-testing kernel I'm > > currently using is too unstable for my testing. > > Your other option is to use compat-wireless with 2.6.28. That might > be easier. However, fixing mesh in 2.6.28 isn't a huge change and it > doesn't change any paths for any other opmode, so we might as well > ask... > > Hi stable hackers, > > Would you consider taking b706e65b40417e03c2451bb3f92488f3736843fa, > "ath5k: fix mesh point operation" for 2.6.28-stable? It's a new feature > compared to 2.6.27, so not a regression per se; however, ath5k advertises > mesh support in wiphy->interface_modes but doesn't make good on that > promise when it comes to actually setting up such an interface. > > Here's a rebased patch on top of 2.6.28: > > >From 8569edccf7c900aecfaa32ccd4e84c56fb0460c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:23:07 -0700 > Subject: [PATCH] ath5k: fix mesh point operation > > This patch fixes mesh point operation (thanks to YanBo for pointing > out the problem): make mesh point interfaces start beaconing when > they come up and configure the RX filter in mesh mode so that mesh > beacons and action frames are received. Add mesh point to the check > in ath5k_add_interface. Tested with multiple AR5211 cards. > > Signed-off-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Now queued up, thanks for the backport. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
