[PATCH V2 21/23] nl80211: verify P2P-GO/CLIENT address with all interface addresses

Jouni Malinen j
Sun Jun 30 00:43:33 PDT 2013


On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:08:08AM +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> With P2P Device support there will be two interfaces with their
> own mac address. The P2P interface address must be unique so verify
> it is.

Could you please clarify the thinking behind this one? The P2P Interface
Address shall be unique for each group and it shall not match any
non-P2P station/AP interface address. However, a P2P Interface Address
can be same as the P2P Device Address and for many cases, it is more
resource friendly (e.g., firmware memory and RX filtering) to use the
same address when possible.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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