[PATCH] hostapd: DFS - handle running out of DFS channels

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Tue Mar 8 13:57:19 PST 2016


On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 12:47:01PM +0100, Zefir Kurtisi wrote:
> In scenarios where only DFS channels are available (e.g. outdoor,
> special countrycodes), hostapd must be able to handle situations
> where all are unavailable.
> 
> The two possibilities to get there are
> 1) while operating on the last available DFS channel a radar is
>    detected
> 2) hostapd is started while all channels are unavailable
> 
> In both cases, hostapd instead of terminating should better
> wait for the NOPs to pass and re-try operation after the CAC.
> 
> This patch provides that feature by using the condition
> (iface->state == HAPD_IFACE_DFS && !iface->cac_started)
> as NOP mode signature to retry operation from within
> hostapd_dfs_nop_finished().

Thanks, applied.
 
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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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