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

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#5144: [firmware] Marvell firmware should  have controls for turning mesh
forwarding on and off
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   Reporter:  jg           |       Owner:  jcardona            
       Type:  defect       |      Status:  new                 
   Priority:  high         |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
  Component:  wireless     |     Version:                      
 Resolution:               |    Keywords:  blocks-:8.2.0       
Next_action:  communicate  |    Verified:  0                   
  Blockedby:               |    Blocking:  7879                
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Changes (by jcardona):

  * next_action:  code => communicate


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:26 mbletsas]:
 > I have changed the title of this to reflect the original requirement for
 explicit control of mesh forwarding.
 > I don't agree with the requirement that mesh forwarding should default
 to off.

 There is currently a way turn off the mesh via sysfs:

 {{{
 bash-3.2# echo 0 > /sys/class/net/eth1/lbs_mesh
 bash-3.2# ifconfig msh0
 msh0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
 bash-3.2# echo 1 > /sys/class/net/eth1/lbs_mesh
 bash-3.2# ifconfig msh0
 msh0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:17:C4:05:XX:XX
           BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
           RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
           RX bytes:168 (168.0 b)  TX bytes:1424 (1.3 KiB)
 }}}

 This not only brings down the msh0 but also sends the mesh stop command to
 the firmware.
 If this is all we need to meet this requirement, I will confirm that
 forwarding is indeed disabled.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5144#comment:27>
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