Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 06:11:14 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Monthadar Al Jaberi <monthadar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [802.11s] mesh_forward() and (re)-encapsulating frames Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmomp8KXgm4xAN=0Ca%2B8fx45ut3upPr5dUqDEw=eRCYV=MQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BsBSoKQDvDkkwg%2Bh9aJ99Vt5XZsOS3r5fUxoT8vyhfGAQ542Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ-VmomJYFxPwX8wyO2vFdr2Mkk-2KALHw%2BvenWBzPOv_ski6Q@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BsBSoKBzmRQ70EURSJ7OxeM31k%2BjzrH=TEJOY6eghR5Lxe8oQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmokNbe5vFVNxACBnSPkgcKfF74KVqEnm1aCiKzEtYfrNvA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BsBSo%2BdnPq-4hxCvyVj=mzaNEVyAx3gCVR2OTQVhrisRnHP-w@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmoka6DCamHtFbh1wDgRbz6LbERYLZDhLMEzR7RiiTC45nw@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BsBSoKQDvDkkwg%2Bh9aJ99Vt5XZsOS3r5fUxoT8vyhfGAQ542Q@mail.gmail.com>
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So what's the specific difference between normal station and meshSTA? -adrian On 29 July 2013 03:24, Monthadar Al Jaberi <monthadar@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:32 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> * I think we can get away with one queue per mesh STA neighbor for >> now. Which is effectively what we have in ath(4) and we will have in >> net80211 soon > > Yupp, the 80211 queue per meshSTA neighbour part is important if we > want to queue in net80211, and that what Linux have. > >> * THanks for the clarification for mesh sequence number. So we: >> + Increment it if we're generating a frame into the mesh network; >> + Keep it the same if we're forwarding a frame to a mesh peer / mesh gate > > Correct. > >> * If we store the mesh control header in the mbuf, and de-encapsulate >> the frame, then re-inject into the VAP path with the correct >> destination node, we could then teach the VAP path to check for that >> tag and if it's there, populate the mesh header from _that_. If it's >> not there, we create a new mesh tag and continue the encapsulation >> phase. >> >> How's that sound? > > Sounds music to my ears =) > > Let's go for it! > >> >> >> >> -adrian > > > > -- > Monthadar Al Jaberi
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