On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 17:22 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 16:16 +0100, Andy Green wrote: > > > Yeah but this isn't "in hardware" -- it's in firmware: software that > > runs of a different, vendor-specific, CPU. > > [...] > > Guys, this discussion is deteriorating rapidly! > > The diff to rip out the hw_scan callback is tiny, and since it'd need to > be worked on anyway to add notification when scanning is done, IMHO it > is little more work to remove the scan now and add it back in one patch > including the notification. That just pushes the problem back to those > people who want/need it and then they can decide if it's worth the > effort and if they can show that it brings enough advantages. This discussion has made it pretty clear that if hw_scan ever goes out, it's going to be really difficult to get it back _in_ at all, even if it works. Dan > The current cfg80211 scanning API is pretty much modeled on the 802.11 > MLME interface and as such should be easy to push through to the > firmware if necessary, even through mac80211. > > johannes - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
