> > If I understood correctly, the proposed change was removing 'capab' > > information from scan results(?). If that is the case, that would break > > wpa_supplicant network selection since there would be no information on > > whether the network is using encryption or not (privacy flag) and > > whether it is a BSS or an IBSS. Consequently, I obviously continue to > > object this type of change as long as WE is used for getting scan > > results. > > Well, wpa_supplicant currently works, right? And this code is never > triggered before the change to remove scan_flags because scan_flags > cannot be set. Hence, I don't see how wpa_supplicant can possibly need > this information. In fact, wpa_supplicant isn't even using the capab= information from the possibly present custom structure in the scan result, it uses SIOCGIWMODE to figure out whether it's a BSS or an IBSS, and probably IWEVGENIE to figure out encryption. The only thing it can possibly read from the custom scan result is wpa_ie= and rsn_ie= which are IWEVGENIE and tsf= which we never pass. Therefore, we should merge this patch. 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
