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Re: [PATCH 1/3] nl80211: allow passing SSID in nl80211_set_bss

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On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 22:28 +0200, Arik Nemtsov wrote:
> wl12xx cards require knowledge of the real SSID when operating as AP
> with SSID hidden in beacon data. Allow passing the real SSID from
> usermode apart from beacon data.

As I also just commented on the corresponding hostapd patch, I'm not
sure this is sufficient. If this is necessary for probe response
offloading, I'm tempted to say that we should be honest about it and let
userspace determine the entire probe response (which will contain the
correct SSID) since it can be different from the beacon which presumably
you're now using to generate probe responses.

johannes

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