On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Javier Cardona <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mesh beacons no longer use all-zeroes BSSID. Beacon frames for MBSS,
> infrastructure BSS, or IBSS are differentiated by the Capability
> Information field in the Beacon frame. A mesh STA sets the ESS and IBSS
> subfields to 0 in transmitted Beacon or Probe Response management
> frames.
This breaks P2P mode as a P2P STA also sets the ESS and IBSS subfields
to zero. Is there any other way to find if it is a mesh other than
this check?
> index fbf6f33..62e542a 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/scan.c
> +++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
> @@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
>
> res->ts = jiffies;
>
> - if (is_zero_ether_addr(res->pub.bssid)) {
> + if (WLAN_CAPABILITY_IS_MBSS(res->pub.capability)) {
> /* must be mesh, verify */
Reverting the above change, makes P2P work. Any other better fix?
> meshid = cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_ID,
> res->pub.information_elements,
> --
Vivek.
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