netdev - RE: [PATCH 1/4] mac80211: mesh: flush stations before beacons are stopped

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Message-ID: <AE1C82FB3D0EC64DB1F752C81CBD1101391FCAE3@DFRE01.ent.ti.com>
Date:	Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:54:51 +0000
From:	"Machani, Yaniv" <yanivma@...com>
To:	Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com>
CC:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Hahn, Maital" <maitalm@...com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/4] mac80211: mesh: flush stations before beacons are
 stopped

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 16:33:38, Bob Copeland wrote:
> linux- wireless@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Hahn, Maital
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] mac80211: mesh: flush stations before beacons 
> are stopped
> 
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:11:25AM +0000, Machani, Yaniv wrote:
> > > > Some drivers (e.g. wl18xx) expect that the last stage in the 
> > > > de-initialization process will be stopping the beacons, similar to ap.
> > > > Update ieee80211_stop_mesh() flow accordingly.
> > > >
> > > How well have you tested that with other drivers?
> > >
> >
> > Sorry for the delayed response (I've been out) and thanks for your 
> > comments, I have tested it with RT3572 as well, and didn't see any issue.
> > I'll update the comment to reflect that.
> 
> I'll give this a test on ath10k and wcn36xx as they are the ones most 
> likely to care about ordering.
> 

Thank you,
Yaniv
> --
> Bob Copeland %% http://bobcopeland.com/