Re: BPCC in per-STA profile in link reconfiguration response
Johannes Berg <[email protected]> Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:51:39 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general,gmane.linux.drivers.hostap |
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Hi, > As you mentioned, this commit was initially intended to fix ML Probe=20 > Response, which is why section 9.4.2.322.2.4 was referenced. Right, makes sense. > However, after reviewing section 35.3.6.4 =E2=80=94 which says that the > Per-STA Profile in the ML Reconfiguration Response should be the > same as in the Reassociation Response =E2=80=94 I agree that it makes sen= se > to include the BPCC in this case as well. OK, so I guess we should have a hostapd patch to remove the comment there about not including it. Do you want to do that? > >=20 > > 2) Are you aware of any APs that don't include it, which would mean > > regardless of that, mac80211 should accept both? >=20 > As far as I know, I'm not aware of any APs in the market that don't=20 > include it. OK, cool, so at least we don't have any knowledge of this being necessary. > Maybe people in community can comment on this. If such APs do exist, we= =20 > can consider accepting both. I don't know either, and the only reason for now would be to accept it only because of the spec inconsistency, but I guess we can leave it for now. Thanks! johannes