On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 11:00:42PM -0200, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote: > Hello. > > I was trying to use iw station set in mesh mode and found out I wanted > to call NEW_STATION. I've quickly added a station new command to iw. I > am experimenting with mesh mode with a mac80211 driver. Then, I > realized nl80211_new_station requires STA_SUPPORTED_RATES to be set and, > then, requires it not to be set for mesh mode. I've patched it to > require STA_SUPPORTED_RATES only for AP mode. But now, I get a warning > on rate_lowest_index (from include/net/mac80211.h) and kernel panics > right after that. I've done it on top of latest rc and I am currently > building a version on top of wireless-testing/master. > It warns and panics in wireless-testing/master too. However, I did found out that it does not panic when using PID rate control instead of Minstreal. The same warning still occurs, since both minstreal and PID rate_init functions call rate_lowest_index, which is the responsible inline function for the WARNING. After doing the "station new" command, I can do a "station dump" and get my newly added station. So, I think this is ready for commit. And then, we need to sort out both the WARNING and the panic for the Minstrel in other patches too. I'll resend a signed-off patch soon. Just wait a little for Andrey's feedback. Regards, Cascardo.
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
