openwrt/package/network/services/hostapd/patches/006-mesh-inform-kernel-driver-DFS-handler-in-userspace.patch
Daniel Golle 017320ead3 hostapd: bring back mesh patches
Bring back 802.11s mesh features to the level previously available
before the recent hostapd version bump. This is mostly to support use
of 802.11s on DFS channels, but also making mesh forwarding
configurable which is crucial for use of 802.11s MAC with other routing
protocols, such as batman-adv, on top.
While at it, fix new compiler warning by adapting 700-wifi-reload.patch
to upstream changes, now building without any warnings again.

Fixes: 0a3ec87a66 ("hostapd: update to latest Git hostap_2_9-1238-gdd2daf0848ed")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
2020-05-21 10:21:59 +01:00

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From 593602b7f14be5c2695979639764b1c50f01bbec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Oh <peter.oh@bowerswilkins.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:28:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] mesh: inform kernel driver DFS handler in userspace
NL80211_ATTR_HANDLE_DFS is required by kerenel space
to enable DFS channels that indicates DFS handler
resides in userspace.
Signed-off-by: Peter Oh <peter.oh@bowerswilkins.com>
---
src/drivers/driver.h | 1 +
src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c | 3 +++
wpa_supplicant/mesh.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
--- a/src/drivers/driver.h
+++ b/src/drivers/driver.h
@@ -1542,6 +1542,7 @@ struct wpa_driver_mesh_join_params {
#define WPA_DRIVER_MESH_FLAG_SAE_AUTH 0x00000004
#define WPA_DRIVER_MESH_FLAG_AMPE 0x00000008
unsigned int flags;
+ u8 handle_dfs;
};
struct wpa_driver_set_key_params {
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -10038,6 +10038,9 @@ static int nl80211_join_mesh(struct i802
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, " * flags=%08X", params->flags);
+ if (params->handle_dfs)
+ if (nla_put_flag(msg, NL80211_ATTR_HANDLE_DFS))
+ goto fail;
container = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MESH_SETUP);
if (!container)
goto fail;
--- a/wpa_supplicant/mesh.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/mesh.c
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ static int wpa_supplicant_mesh_init(stru
conf->country[0] = wpa_s->conf->country[0];
conf->country[1] = wpa_s->conf->country[1];
conf->country[2] = ' ';
+ wpa_s->mesh_params->handle_dfs = 1;
}
bss->iconf = conf;