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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix IBSS merge

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On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> John W. Linville wrote:
>>>> 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! :-)
>>> Yeah, we're doing crazy things like mesh networks of few hundred
>>> nodes... something that 11s isn't really suitable for. :-)
>>
>> Anyone know if this applies for 32?
> What exactly?

The patch.

  Luis
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