On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 13:47 +0200, ext Johannes Berg wrote: > On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 14:42 +0300, Juuso Oikarinen wrote: > > Some hardware allow extended filtering of ARP frames not intended for > > the host. To perform such filtering, the hardware needs to know the current > > IP address(es) of the host, bound to its interface. > > > > Add support for ARP filtering to mac80211 by adding a new op to the driver > > interface, allowing to configure the current IP addresses. This op is called > > upon association with the currently configured address(es), and when > > associated whenever the IP address(es) change. > > > > This patch adds configuration of IPv4 addresses only, as IPv6 addresses don't > > need ARP filtering. > > > > Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@xxxxxxxxx> > > Yay. > > Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > YAY! :D > > Hmm. Actually, something I just thought of during our IRC discussion, > should we turn it off when we disassociate or something? Do we even > care? I guess not since it'll be reconfigured after the next > association? > This is how I was thinking. After disassociation we shouldn't be seeing data frames anyway, and on next assoc, we set the addresses again. -Juuso > johannes > > -- > 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 -- 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
