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Re: [rfc] Implement ath9k mesh point operation

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On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 18:36 -0400, Pat Erley wrote:

> Currently, you need to trigger a scan on the mesh point interface to
> enable beaconing.  This is the same behavior the ath5k, rt2500usb and 
> rt61pci drivers exhibit.  Is this a mac80211 design flaw, or something
> in all of these drivers?

It's mac80211. We never call ieee80211_if_config() when we enable a mesh
interface, and thus conf.enable_beacon with
IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON_ENABLED isn't ever set correctly.

johannes

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