Re: [PATCH wireless-dev 4/6] d80211: Send Layer 2 Update frames in kernel

2006-08-24 Thread Jouni Malinen
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 01:43:16PM +0200, Jiri Benc wrote: > On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:39:30 -0700, Jouni Malinen wrote: > > Which part do you think is hackish here? Sending the layer 2 update > > frame or moving it to kernel? > > The latter. > > Is it really needed to send it unconditionally for ea

Re: [PATCH wireless-dev 4/6] d80211: Send Layer 2 Update frames in kernel

2006-08-24 Thread Jiri Benc
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:39:30 -0700, Jouni Malinen wrote: > Which part do you think is hackish here? Sending the layer 2 update > frame or moving it to kernel? The latter. Is it really needed to send it unconditionally for each added STA? And cannot it be generated in userspace? Thanks, Jiri -

Re: [PATCH wireless-dev 4/6] d80211: Send Layer 2 Update frames in kernel

2006-08-24 Thread Jiri Benc
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:50:41 +0200, Stefan Rompf wrote: > Imagine an ESS consisting of several APs in a switched wired network. Client > roams from one AP to another. In order to update the FDB of the switches, a > packet with the client MAC address needs to be originated from the ethernet > int

Re: [PATCH wireless-dev 4/6] d80211: Send Layer 2 Update frames in kernel

2006-08-23 Thread Jouni Malinen
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 07:22:56PM +0200, Jiri Benc wrote: > On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:16:12 -0700, Jouni Malinen wrote: > > Send Layer 2 Update frame from the 802.11 code in kernel to the netdev > > that the STA is bound to. If the STA is bound to another VLAN netdev, > > send another update frame. T

Re: [PATCH wireless-dev 4/6] d80211: Send Layer 2 Update frames in kernel

2006-08-23 Thread Stefan Rompf
Am Mittwoch, 23. August 2006 19:22 schrieb Jiri Benc: > > Send Layer 2 Update frame from the 802.11 code in kernel to the netdev > > that the STA is bound to. If the STA is bound to another VLAN netdev, > > send another update frame. This fixes an issue in which a local bridge > > table was not up

Re: [PATCH wireless-dev 4/6] d80211: Send Layer 2 Update frames in kernel

2006-08-23 Thread Jiri Benc
On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:16:12 -0700, Jouni Malinen wrote: > Send Layer 2 Update frame from the 802.11 code in kernel to the netdev > that the STA is bound to. If the STA is bound to another VLAN netdev, > send another update frame. This fixes an issue in which a local bridge > table was not updated

Re: [PATCH wireless-dev 4/6] d80211: Send Layer 2 Update frames in kernel

2006-08-17 Thread Jiri Benc
On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:16:12 -0700, Jouni Malinen wrote: > Send Layer 2 Update frame from the 802.11 code in kernel to the netdev > that the STA is bound to. If the STA is bound to another VLAN netdev, > send another update frame. This fixes an issue in which a local bridge > table was not updated