linux/net/wireless
Javier Cardona 3c5772a527 mac80211: Use 3-address format for mesh broadcast frames.
The 11s task group recently changed the frame mesh multicast/broadcast frame
format to use 3-address.  This was done to avoid interactions with widely
deployed lazy-WDS access points.

This patch changes the format of group addressed frames, both mesh-originated
and proxied, to use the data format defined in draft D2.08 and forward.  The
address fields used for group addressed frames is:

In 802.11 header
 ToDS:0  FromDS:1
 addr1: DA  (broadcast/multicast address)
 addr2: TA
 addr3: Mesh SA

In address extension header:
 addr4: SA  (only present if frame was proxied)

Note that this change breaks backward compatibility with earlier mesh stack
versions.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-08-14 09:14:00 -04:00
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chan.c cfg80211: fix locking for SIWFREQ 2009-08-14 09:13:51 -04:00
core.c cfg80211: add missing device list locking 2009-08-14 09:13:54 -04:00
core.h cfg80211: fix locking for SIWFREQ 2009-08-14 09:13:51 -04:00
debugfs.c cfg80211: clean up naming once and for all 2009-07-10 15:02:33 -04:00
debugfs.h cfg80211: clean up naming once and for all 2009-07-10 15:02:33 -04:00
ibss.c cfg80211: validate channel settings across interfaces 2009-08-14 09:13:42 -04:00
Kconfig cfg80211: implement iwpower 2009-07-10 15:01:51 -04:00
lib80211_crypt_ccmp.c lib80211: silence excessive crypto debugging messages 2009-03-16 18:01:58 -04:00
lib80211_crypt_tkip.c lib80211: silence excessive crypto debugging messages 2009-03-16 18:01:58 -04:00
lib80211_crypt_wep.c lib80211: absorb crypto bits from net/ieee80211 2008-11-21 11:08:17 -05:00
lib80211.c lib80211: consolidate crypt init routines 2008-11-21 11:08:17 -05:00
Makefile cfg80211: validate channel settings across interfaces 2009-08-14 09:13:42 -04:00
mlme.c cfg80211: use reassociation when possible 2009-08-14 09:13:43 -04:00
nl80211.c cfg80211: fix locking for SIWFREQ 2009-08-14 09:13:51 -04:00
nl80211.h cfg80211: fix locking 2009-07-10 15:02:32 -04:00
radiotap.c wireless: use get/put_unaligned_* helpers 2008-05-14 16:29:32 -04:00
reg.c mac80211: remove max_bandwidth 2009-08-14 09:13:53 -04:00
reg.h Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-08-12 17:44:53 -07:00
scan.c cfg80211: fix alignment problem in scan request 2009-08-14 09:13:44 -04:00
sme.c cfg80211: fix alignment problem in scan request 2009-08-14 09:13:44 -04:00
sysfs.c cfg80211: rename cfg80211_registered_device's idx to wiphy_idx 2009-02-27 14:52:54 -05:00
sysfs.h
util.c mac80211: Use 3-address format for mesh broadcast frames. 2009-08-14 09:14:00 -04:00
wext-compat.c cfg80211: fix locking for SIWFREQ 2009-08-14 09:13:51 -04:00
wext-compat.h cfg80211: validate channel settings across interfaces 2009-08-14 09:13:42 -04:00
wext-sme.c cfg80211: fix locking for SIWFREQ 2009-08-14 09:13:51 -04:00
wext.c wext: remove extra return on wireless_nlevent_init() 2009-08-04 16:43:20 -04:00