Re: [PATCH] BSD Log Spamming

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On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 10:09:06PM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote:
> On BSD, specifically FreeBSD, when disabling the RF radio on a laptop with 
> communication device toggle key (as it's called on my laptop) otherwise 
> known as the RF radio kill button, the following errors will be issued once 
> per second:
> 
> May 19 17:58:35 slippy wpa_supplicant[391]: wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED 
> ret=-1 retry=1
> May 19 17:58:36 slippy wpa_supplicant[391]: ioctl[SIOCS80211, op=103, 
> val=0, arg_len=128]: Device not configured
> 
> On Intel the device will remain up however the IFF_RUNNING flag indicates 
> whether the device is actually enabled and active. The following patch 
> tests for this and avoids spamming syslog when RF is disabled.
> 
>   Silence the once per second CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED errors when the WiFi
>   radio is disabled through the communication device toggle key (also known
>   as the RF raidio kill button). Only the CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED will be
>   issued.
> 
> Index: contrib/wpa/src/drivers/driver_bsd.c

Could you please read the top level CONTRIBUTIONS file and provide a
patch with the Signed-off-by: line as described there?

> --- contrib/wpa/src/drivers/driver_bsd.c	(revision 361269)
> +++ contrib/wpa/src/drivers/driver_bsd.c	(working copy)
> @@ -1358,14 +1358,18 @@

It would also be nice to get the patch in standard git format-patch
format so that it is easier to apply.

-- 
Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA

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