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Re: [PATCH] nl80211: allow adding new station to devices in mesh mode

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On Sun, 2010-02-07 at 11:51 -0800, Andrey Yurovsky wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Johannes Berg
> <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I do wonder though, the commit (155cc9e4b1d60161ee53) I referenced was
> > yours, and now you're asking the same question as I am -- "why even
> > allow adding stations?"
> 
> It was supported for automated testing and experimentation (you could
> then force certain topologies).  I can't think of any other reason to
> do it.  I suppose that the same thing goes for mpaths and the mesh
> portal tables.

So would you prefer to fix it (however we would do that, I don't think
that the patch here is correct since it leaves the station struct with
no usable rates afaict), or just disallow it?

johannes

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