On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 15:40 +0200, Jouni Malinen wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:33:54AM +0100, Benoit Papillault wrote: > > According to $11.1.4 from IEEE 802.11-2007, TSF is reset > (drv_reset_tsf) > > on MLME-JOIN, ie only when a new IBSS is created or if an existing > IBSS > > is joined, but not on IBSS merges. > > While that may indeed be what the standard says, drv_reset_tsf() may > be > needed to allow the driver to actually learn the new timestamp > correctly > in the case of merge. Have you verified that the drivers that support > IBSS do indeed update their timestamps without that call in case there > is a large difference in the timestamp values that the separate IBSSes > used before the merge? Good point. Also, it shouldn't hurt to always reset it, so what's the point? johannes
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