Re: [PATCH] brcm80211: Allow scans after scanning for specific ssid

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On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Sukesh Srikakula <sukeshs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Sean,
>
> Issuing WLC_SCAN ioctl triggers scan in FW. Once FW finishes scan, driver will get SCAN_COMPLETE event from FW.
> In case of successful scan, driver will get SCAN_COMPLETE event with success message, then driver will inform all the bss found during the scan to cfg80211 & then call cfg80211_scan_done() with scan_abort set to false.
> In case of scan abort by FW(This can happen if the link to the associated AP is broken or FW got a connect request from the driver while scanning etc.. ), driver will get SCAN_COMPLETE event with failure message, then driver has to inform cfg80211 regarding the aborted scan(this got fixed recently).

Hi Sukesh,
Thanks for the info, it's very much appreciated.

>
> As requested by Grant, I am attaching all patches which are currently under review. I hope this patch might fix your issue.

Unfortunately the patch did not resolve my issue :(

> Please let me know if you still have the issue with steps to reproduce.

The steps to reproduce are pretty simple: Call wl_cfg80211_scan with
request->ssids != NULL, this causes the driver to report busy for all
future scans.

I will continue debugging and report what I find.

Thanks,

Sean
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