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Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] mac80211: beacon filtering

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On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 22:08 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:

> >> Do we have any knowledge how different hardware support beacon
> >> checksumming? I only know how stlc45xx does it.
> >
> > Not really... how about wl12xx?

> Name:       ACX_BEACON_FILTER_TABLE
> 
> Desc: This information element configures beacon filtering handling
>       for the set of information elements. An information element in a
>       beacon can be set to be: ignored (never compared, and changes
>       will not cause beacon transfer), checked (compared, and
>       transferred in case of a change), or transferred (transferred to
>       the host for each appearance or disappearance).
> 
>       The table contains all information elements that are subject to
>       monitoring for host transfer.
> 
>       All information elements that are not in the table should be
>       ignored for monitoring.

Seems easy enough... Only concern is vendor IEs since we cannot ignore
them (WMM) but others might change frequently... oh well.

johannes

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