From: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
Subject: [PATCH V4 6/6] bss_coloring: allow using a random starting color
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 08:22:16 +0200


Enhance the possible values for he_bss_color. Anything greater than 63 will
make hostapd choose a random color.

Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
---
 hostapd/config_file.c | 7 +++++--
 hostapd/hostapd.conf  | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/hostapd/config_file.c
+++ b/hostapd/config_file.c
@@ -3367,8 +3367,11 @@ static int hostapd_config_fill(struct ho
 	} else if (os_strcmp(buf, "he_ul_mumimo") == 0) {
 		conf->he_phy_capab.he_ul_mumimo = atoi(pos);
 	} else if (os_strcmp(buf, "he_bss_color") == 0) {
-		conf->he_op.he_bss_color = atoi(pos) & 0x3f;
-		conf->he_op.he_bss_color_disabled = 0;
+		conf->he_op.he_bss_color = atoi(pos);
+		if (conf->he_op.he_bss_color > 63)
+			conf->he_op.he_bss_color = (os_random() % 63) + 1;
+		if (conf->he_op.he_bss_color)
+			conf->he_op.he_bss_color_disabled = 0;
 	} else if (os_strcmp(buf, "he_bss_color_partial") == 0) {
 		conf->he_op.he_bss_color_partial = atoi(pos);
 	} else if (os_strcmp(buf, "he_default_pe_duration") == 0) {
--- a/hostapd/hostapd.conf
+++ b/hostapd/hostapd.conf
@@ -810,7 +810,10 @@ wmm_ac_vo_acm=0
 # 1 = supported
 #he_mu_beamformer=1
 
-# he_bss_color: BSS color (1-63)
+# he_bss_color:
+# 0 = disable
+# 1-63 = pre-defined color
+# 64+ =	random color
 #he_bss_color=1
 
 # he_bss_color_partial: BSS color AID equation
