#5144 HIGH 8.2.0 (: [firmware] Marvell firmware should default to mesh off, and have controls for turning mesh on and off

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#5144: [firmware] Marvell firmware should default to mesh off, and have controls
for turning mesh on and off
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   Reporter:  jg         |       Owner:  rchokshi            
       Type:  defect     |      Status:  new                 
   Priority:  high       |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
  Component:  wireless   |     Version:                      
 Resolution:             |    Keywords:  blocks?:8.2.0       
Next_action:  never set  |    Verified:  0                   
  Blockedby:             |    Blocking:  7879                
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Comment(by dwmw2):

 I agree that it makes sense to leave the mesh running when the interface
 is logically down. I don't find that confusing at all.

 When the mesh is disabled completely by {{{echo 0 >
 /sys/class/net/eth0/lbs_mesh}}}, however, we  ought to actually disable it
 as requested. It's fairly trivial to do that in the driver -- just add the
 necessary firmware command in the existing {{{lbs_remove_mesh()}}}
 function. And the corresponding command to re-enable it in
 {{{lbs_add_mesh()}}}, of course.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5144#comment:18>
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