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On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:12:48PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:

> > > Of course maybe mac80211 should be doings omething like this too:
> > > @@ -2299,6 +2299,11 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get_tim
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH
> > > +		if (!sdata->u.mesh.mesh_id_len)
> > > +			goto out;
> > > +#endif

> Yeah but evidently ath9k isn't cleanly stopping beaconing, it's still
> attempting to beacon but doesn't get a beacon from mac80211 so can't
> send one.

Sounds like SWBA interrupt should be disabled or at least masked in some
cases when mac80211 indicates some kind of change. I have not looked at
details on what exactly is missing from ath9k. Anyway, yes, it would be
good to make ieee80211_beacon_get_tim() return NULL when mac80211 does
not want any Beacon frames to be transmitted.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA
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