[PATCH 6/6] bss_coloring: allow using a random starting color

[Ryder Lee]

On Wed, 2021-11-03 at 21:19 +0200, Jouni Malinen wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 05:18:55PM +0800, Ryder Lee wrote:
> > Enhance the possible values for he_bss_color. Anything greater than
> > 63 will
> > make hostapd choose a random color.
> 
> What's the use case for this? Isn't the initial BSS color supposed to
> be
> selected based on what BSS colors are in use by neighboring OBSSs
> (see
> IEEE Std 802.11ax-2021, 26.17.3.2)?
> 
> If that more complete implementation looking at neighboring OBSSs is
> not
> added, would the automatic initialization to a random value be
> sufficient for now?
> 
https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/src?id=41ec97cd09486a6bda21f5f5b89e5242e6ade2a2
> 
> > -# he_bss_color: BSS color (1-63)
> > +# he_bss_color:
> > +# 0 = disable
> > +# 1-63 = pre-defined color
> > +# 64+ =	random color
> >  #he_bss_color=1
> 
> Is it really expected to be possible to configure the BSS color to be
> hardcoded to be disabled? In addition, that use of multiple different
> values to indicate a random color feels quite strange.
> 

Agree. I will drop this one.