Commit a455c57e authored by Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan's avatar Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan Committed by John W. Linville

ath_hw: Fix bssid mask documentation

Signed-off-by: default avatarMohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mshajakhan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
parent 89ea6745
...@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ...@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
* set of ~ ( MAC XOR BSSID ) for all bssids we handle. * set of ~ ( MAC XOR BSSID ) for all bssids we handle.
* *
* When you do this you are essentially computing the common bits of all your * When you do this you are essentially computing the common bits of all your
* BSSes. Later it is assumed the harware will "and" (&) the BSSID mask with * BSSes. Later it is assumed the hardware will "and" (&) the BSSID mask with
* the MAC address to obtain the relevant bits and compare the result with * the MAC address to obtain the relevant bits and compare the result with
* (frame's BSSID & mask) to see if they match. * (frame's BSSID & mask) to see if they match.
* *
...@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ ...@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
* On loop iteration for BSSID-02: * On loop iteration for BSSID-02:
* bssid_mask &= ~(0001 ^ 1001) * bssid_mask &= ~(0001 ^ 1001)
* bssid_mask = (1010) & ~(0001 ^ 1001) * bssid_mask = (1010) & ~(0001 ^ 1001)
* bssid_mask = (1010) & ~(1001) * bssid_mask = (1010) & ~(1000)
* bssid_mask = (1010) & (0110) * bssid_mask = (1010) & (0111)
* bssid_mask = 0010 * bssid_mask = 0010
* *
* A bssid_mask of 0010 means "only pay attention to the second least * A bssid_mask of 0010 means "only pay attention to the second least
...@@ -102,11 +102,9 @@ ...@@ -102,11 +102,9 @@
* *
* IFRAME-02: 0001 (we should allow) * IFRAME-02: 0001 (we should allow)
* *
* allow = (0001 & 1010) == 1010
*
* allow = (IFRAME-02 & bssid_mask) == (bssid_mask & MAC) ? 1 : 0; * allow = (IFRAME-02 & bssid_mask) == (bssid_mask & MAC) ? 1 : 0;
* --> allow = (0001 & 0010) == (0010 & 0001) ? 1 :0; * --> allow = (0001 & 0010) == (0010 & 0001) ? 1 :0;
* --> allow = (0010) == (0010) * --> allow = (0000) == (0000)
* --> allow = 1 * --> allow = 1
* *
* Other examples: * Other examples:
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