[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] mac80211.sh: add support of VHT80 for mesh

[Yeoh Chun-Yeow]

authsae and wpa_supplicant only trigger if secured mesh.
wpa_supplicant should work correctly for VHT80 but don't think
authsae.

But this patch is intended to allow open mesh to support VHT80.

Thanks

----
Chun-Yeow

On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 12:53 AM, Daniel Golle <daniel at makrotopia.org> wrote:
> Hi Chun-Yeow,
>
> On Sat, May 07, 2016 at 12:35:17AM +0800, Chun-Yeow Yeoh wrote:
>> Add support of VHT80 setting for mesh interface
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  .../mac80211/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh | 33 +++++++++++-----------
>>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh b/package/kernel/mac80211/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh
>> index 02c195e..d680ac2 100644
>> --- a/package/kernel/mac80211/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh
>> +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/files/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh
>> @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ mac80211_prepare_vif() {
>>       esac
>>
>>       case "$mode" in
>> -             monitor|mesh)
>> +             monitor)
>>                       [ "$auto_channel" -gt 0 ] || iw dev "$ifname" set channel "$channel" $htmode
>>               ;;
>>       esac
>> [...]
>
>> @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ mac80211_setup_adhoc() {
>>       mcval=
>>       [ -n "$mcast_rate" ] && wpa_supplicant_add_rate mcval "$mcast_rate"
>>
>> -     iw dev "$ifname" ibss join "$ssid" $freq $ibss_htmode fixed-freq $bssid \
>> +     iw dev "$ifname" ibss join "$ssid" $freq $bss_htmode fixed-freq $bssid \
>>               ${beacon_int:+beacon-interval $beacon_int} \
>>               ${brstr:+basic-rates $brstr} \
>>               ${mcval:+mcast-rate $mcval} \
>> @@ -612,7 +612,8 @@ mac80211_setup_vif() {
>>                               mcval=
>>                               [ -n "$mcast_rate" ] && wpa_supplicant_add_rate mcval "$mcast_rate"
>>
>> -                             iw dev "$ifname" mesh join "$mesh_id" ${mcval:+mcast-rate $mcval}
>> +                             mac80211_setup_bss_htmode
>
> have you tested this with authsae AND wpa_supplicant as well?
> I haven't look into it but suspect that wpa_supplicant might expect
> those things to be set via its configuration file instead of using
> iw dev ...
>
> Cheers
>
> Daniel
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