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Re: [PATCH 3/3] nl80211/cfg80211: Add extra IE configuration to AP mode setup

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On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:35:35AM +0300, Arik Nemtsov wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 23:55, Jouni Malinen <jouni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The NL80211_CMD_NEW_BEACON command is, in practice, requesting AP mode
> > operations to be started. Add new attributes to provide extra IEs
> > (e.g., WPS IE, P2P IE) for drivers that build Beacon, Probe Response,
> > and (Re)Association Response frames internally (likely in firmware).

> I noticed hostap.git doesn't make use of the new attributes. Are
> patches in the works for the usermode parts?
> The same applies to NL80211_ATTR_HIDDEN_SSID which was introduced
> earlier in this series.

Yes, I did implement matching user space changes with the kernel
patches. I thought I pushed these out before my travel, but apparently
not.. I'll get them out once I get back home and verify which of my
working branches has the latest set ;-).

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA
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