#6823 NORM Never A: Active antenna mesh parameters cannot be changed

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#6823: Active antenna mesh parameters cannot be changed
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  Reporter:  carrano   |       Owner:  ashish        
      Type:  defect    |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  normal    |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
 Component:  wireless  |     Version:                
Resolution:            |    Keywords:                
  Verified:  0         |    Blocking:                
 Blockedby:            |  
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Changes (by jcardona):

 * cc: bcavagnolo (added)
  * owner:  wad => ashish
  * type:  enhancement => defect


Comment:

 Ashish,

 We are testing the new commands to store non-volatile configuration.  All
 seems to work as expected except setting the Mesh Information Element.

 To reproduce:

 0. Get an active antenna and build a kernel from here
 [http://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/olpc-stable-mcast.git]

 1. Confirm firmware and boot2 versions:

 {{{
 # lsusb -v | grep 31
   bcdDevice           31.1b
 # ethtool -i msh0
 firmware-version: 5.126.0.p5
 }}}

 2. Change mesh_id

 {{{
 # echo foobar > /sys/class/net/msh0/mesh_ie/mesh_id
 <removed dongle, reinsert>
 # cat /sys/class/net/msh0/mesh_ie/mesh_id
 foobar
 }}}

 3. Boot into standalone mode (e.g. apply 5V via USB) and sniff.  The new
 mesh ID should appear in the beacon and it does not:

 {{{
 Cimsys_33:44:55       Broadcast             IEEE 802.11 Beacon

 Frame 326 (98 bytes on wire, 98 bytes captured)
 Radiotap Header v0, Length 25
 IEEE 802.11
 IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN management frame
     Fixed parameters (12 bytes)
     Tagged parameters (37 bytes)
         SSID parameter set: Broadcast
         Supported Rates: 1.0(B) 2.0(B) 5.5(B) 11.0(B)
         DS Parameter set: Current Channel: 11
         Extended Supported Rates: 6.0 9.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
         Vendor Specific: MarvellS

 0000  00 00 19 00 6f 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ....o...........
 0010  00 02 9e 09 a0 00 ba 00 02 80 00 00 00 ff ff ff   ................
 0020  ff ff ff 00 11 22 33 44 55 00 00 00 00 00 00 90   ....."3DU.......
 0030  e8 14 a2 7d e7 60 03 00 00 90 01 00 00 00 00 01   ...}.`..........
 0040  04 82 84 8b 96 03 01 0b 32 08 0c 12 18 24 30 48   ........2....$0H
 0050  60 6c dd 0e 00 50 43 04 00 00 00 00 00 04 6d 65   `l...PC.......me
                                              ^^^^^^^^                 ^^
 0060  73 68                                             sh
       ^^^^^                                             ^^
 }}}

 I'm attaching to this ticket the debug logs obtained with
 libertas_debug=0x206000 which show the commands being sent to the wireless
 module.  It all looks correct to me.

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