From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([5.9.151.49]:52989 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758094AbbGQNsd (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jul 2015 09:48:33 -0400 Message-ID: <1437140910.1933.25.camel@sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20150717_154838_591136_E99D8286) Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] mac80211: select an AID when creating new mesh STAs From: Johannes Berg To: Bob Copeland Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, devel@lists.open80211s.org Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:48:30 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1436877119-17577-6-git-send-email-me@bobcopeland.com> (sfid-20150714_143227_832790_AC27A2F3) References: <1436877119-17577-1-git-send-email-me@bobcopeland.com> <1436877119-17577-6-git-send-email-me@bobcopeland.com> (sfid-20150714_143227_832790_AC27A2F3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2015-07-14 at 08:31 -0400, Bob Copeland wrote: > Instead of using peer link id for AID, generate a new > AID when creating mesh STAs in the kernel peering manager. > This enables smaller TIM elements and more closely follows > the standard, and it also enables mesh to work on drivers > that require a valid AID when the STA is inserted (ath10k > firmware has this requirement, for example). > > In the case of userspace-managed stations, we use the AID > from NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION. > Applied the remaining 3 patches to mac80211-next (after merging mac80211) johannes