Re: [PATCH v2] cfg80211: add VHT support for Mesh

2015-11-15 Thread Johannes Berg
On Fri, 2015-11-13 at 15:50 -0800, Peter Oh wrote: >  > I'm saying, cannot use VHT Mesh by wpa_supplicant because a lack of > communication method between driver and wpa_supplicant, hence > extending NL80211 feature flag. > > And I'm arguing that you don't need such a communication method since,

Re: [PATCH v2] cfg80211: add VHT support for Mesh

2015-11-13 Thread Peter Oh
On 11/12/2015 11:37 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 15:05 -0800, Peter Oh wrote: On 11/12/2015 02:32 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 14:28 -0800, Peter Oh wrote: Exactly the same communication mechanism and purpose are used with NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_IBSS w

Re: [PATCH v2] cfg80211: add VHT support for Mesh

2015-11-12 Thread Johannes Berg
On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 15:05 -0800, Peter Oh wrote: > On 11/12/2015 02:32 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: > > On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 14:28 -0800, Peter Oh wrote: > > >   > > > Exactly the same communication mechanism and purpose are used > > > with > > > NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_IBSS which is already a part

Re: [PATCH v2] cfg80211: add VHT support for Mesh

2015-11-12 Thread Peter Oh
On 11/12/2015 02:32 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 14:28 -0800, Peter Oh wrote: Exactly the same communication mechanism and purpose are used with NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_IBSS which is already a part of NL80211 feature flag. The new feature flag, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_MESH,

Re: [PATCH v2] cfg80211: add VHT support for Mesh

2015-11-12 Thread Johannes Berg
On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 14:28 -0800, Peter Oh wrote: >  > Exactly the same communication mechanism and purpose are used with > NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_IBSS which is already a part of NL80211 > feature > flag. > The new feature flag, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_MESH, follows the same > purpose and usag

Re: [PATCH v2] cfg80211: add VHT support for Mesh

2015-11-12 Thread Peter Oh
On 11/12/2015 01:40 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 13:33 -0800, Peter Oh wrote: At this moment Mesh Point is not able to be brought up by userspace such as wap_supplicant at VHT data rates because there is no events/NL80211 defined that userspace can check out if drivers can sup

Re: [PATCH v2] cfg80211: add VHT support for Mesh

2015-11-12 Thread Johannes Berg
On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 13:33 -0800, Peter Oh wrote: >  > At this moment Mesh Point is not able to be brought up by userspace > such > as wap_supplicant at VHT data rates because there is no > events/NL80211 > defined that userspace can check out if drivers can support Mesh > Point > (802.11s) at

Re: [PATCH v2] cfg80211: add VHT support for Mesh

2015-11-12 Thread Peter Oh
On 11/12/2015 12:03 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 09:59 -0800, Peter Oh wrote: Add NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_MESH flag to allow drivers to indicate support for VHT in Mesh mode. This flag will be used by wireless drivers to indicate the capability of VHT Mesh support and wpa_supp

Re: [PATCH v2] cfg80211: add VHT support for Mesh

2015-11-12 Thread Johannes Berg
On Thu, 2015-11-12 at 09:59 -0800, Peter Oh wrote: > Add NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_MESH flag to allow drivers > to indicate support for VHT in Mesh mode. > This flag will be used by wireless drivers to indicate > the capability of VHT Mesh support and wpa_supplicant to inspect > wireless drivers' cap

[PATCH v2] cfg80211: add VHT support for Mesh

2015-11-12 Thread Peter Oh
Add NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_MESH flag to allow drivers to indicate support for VHT in Mesh mode. This flag will be used by wireless drivers to indicate the capability of VHT Mesh support and wpa_supplicant to inspect wireless drivers' capability of VHT Mesh. In addition to this patch, separate patc