Hi mesh folks! For my diploma thesis, I want to add a P2P routing protocoll to the pre-80211s software in the linux kernel. For details, see my previous mails. [1],[2] In struct ieee80211_if_mesh, the current code reads net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h > u8 mesh_id[IEEE80211_MAX_MESH_ID_LEN]; > size_t mesh_id_len; > /* Active Path Selection Protocol Identifier */ > u8 mesh_pp_id; > /* Active Path Selection Metric Identifier */ > u8 mesh_pm_id; > /* Congestion Control Mode Identifier */ > u8 mesh_cc_id; > /* Synchronization Protocol Identifier */ > u8 mesh_sp_id; > /* Authentication Protocol Identifier */ > u8 mesh_auth_id; which is what I at first wanted to work with. In my last patch [2], I introduced some new 32 bit struct members, because, if I am not mistaken, these IDs should include a vendor specific OUI, which enables a user to combine a path selection protocol of vendor A with a path selection metric of vendor B. So.. am I erring here? If yes, I would introduce a new 24 bit value for the OUI, which will be combined with all the above u8's before going over the wire (into the air of course) ...if no, I would replace those values by 32 bit ones, possibly even braking ABI compatibility. What do you think? Do you maybe have a better suggestion? Thank you very much for your input! Florian [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122600107811517&w=2 [2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=123300309207545&w=2 -- 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
