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Re: mac80211/iwlwifi + hidden ssids

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On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 11:20 -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 11:07:46AM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 16:57 +0200, dragoran wrote:
> 
> > > btw shouldn't all mac80211 drivers either work or not work because the
> > > code for this is in mac80211 and not in the drivers?
> > 
> > Yeah, pretty much; but each driver/firmware may handle hidden ssids
> > slightly differently.  mac80211 should bring some sanity to this area,
> > but I wouldn't discount variation between even mac80211 based drivers.
> 
> Hmmm...doesn't the iwlwifi firmware intercede in scanning?

Yes, but we tell it which SSID to scan for. Not that we know whether it
cares...

johannes

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