On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 02:25:12PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > Jean, > > Jean Tourrilhes wrote: > > Hi, > > > > SoftMAC output the channel twice in the scan output. It should > >display frequency and channel, but only once for each. > >-------------------------------------------------------- > > Cell 02 - Address: A2:00:04:XX:XX:XX > > ESSID:"TheESSID" > > Protocol:IEEE 802.11b > > Mode:Ad-Hoc > >-> Channel:5 > >-> Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5) > > The frequency output is needed by NetworkManager, which is why I added it. > At that time, I thought that some tool or other might be scanning the > output looking for "Channel:", not "Channel "; therefore I left both in. All of the other drivers display only a single line, and SoftMAC is the odd one here. I think that have the info twice may confuse some tools. I know that there are scripts that parse iwlist output, however I'm not keen on the practice, as there are alternatives. > If we are sure that removing the channel-only line will not break > something, I'll be happy to send your patch upstream. Unfortunately, I can't guarantee that. I can only guarantee that it will be similar to what other drivers do. > Larry Have fun... Jean - 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
