Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] nl80211: implement beacon change notifier

Hi Sergey, Sorry for the long delay. On Tue, 2017-12-05 at 23:31 +0300, Sergey Matyukevich wrote: > > By the way, speaking about GET_CMD_BEACON and its possible users in the > community. There is already a stub for it in nl80211 uapi headers. What > was the original idea for that ? Or was it

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] nl80211: implement beacon change notifier

Hello Johannes, > > In our case, we are experimenting with applications running along with > > hostapd and enabling band steering and client roaming functionality. > > As I mentioned, various approaches are being examined, including > > both pure nl80211-based approach as well as adding direct

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] nl80211: implement beacon change notifier

On Wed, 2017-11-15 at 18:35 +0300, Sergey Matyukevich wrote: > In our case, we are experimenting with applications running along with > hostapd and enabling band steering and client roaming functionality. > As I mentioned, various approaches are being examined, including > both pure nl80211-based

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] nl80211: implement beacon change notifier

Hello Johannes, > > The nl80211 get_beacon callback appears to be useful in the case when > > userspace software needs to retrieve current operational parameters of > > AP including HT/VHT IEs. > > Do you have any usage in mind though? I can't really see where this > would really make sense,

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] nl80211: implement beacon change notifier

Hi, > I apologize for email duplication, but it looks like reply from Vasily > has been rejected due to Outlook issues. While we choose between mutt > and gnus, here I briefly repeat the rationale behind these RFC patches. :) > The nl80211 get_beacon callback appears to be useful in the case

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] nl80211: implement beacon change notifier

Hello Johannes and all, > > From: Vasily Ulyanov > > > > Notify user-space listeners about beacon data change. > > What would this be needed for, and why couldn't you just directly talk > to hostapd/wpa_s? I apologize for email duplication, but it looks like reply from

Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] nl80211: implement beacon change notifier

On Thu, 2017-11-09 at 12:40 +0300, Sergey Matyukevich wrote: > From: Vasily Ulyanov > > Notify user-space listeners about beacon data change. What would this be needed for, and why couldn't you just directly talk to hostapd/wpa_s? johannes

[RFC PATCH 2/2] nl80211: implement beacon change notifier

From: Vasily Ulyanov Notify user-space listeners about beacon data change. Signed-off-by: Vasily Ulyanov --- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 27 ++- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git