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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix IBSS merge

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On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 09:44:46AM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 12:33 +0530, Sujith wrote:
> > Currently, in IBSS mode, a single creator would go into
> > a loop trying to merge/scan. This happens because the IBSS timer is
> > rearmed on finishing a scan and the subsequent
> > timer invocation requests another scan immediately.
> > 
> > This patch fixes this issue by checking if we have just completed
> > a scan run trying to merge with other IBSS networks.
> 
> Heh, how many people do we need to fix IBSS? :)

Yeah, no kidding...I suspect that actual IBSS users are few, and a
substantial number of those are doing crazy things with it! :-)

John
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