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Re: [PATCH] introduce WEXT scan capabilities

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David Miller wrote:
From: Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:22:46 -0500

@@ -1040,6 +1049,16 @@ struct	iw_range
 	 * because each entry contain its channel index */
__u32 enc_capa; /* IW_ENC_CAPA_* bit field */
+
+	/* Do *NOT* use those fields, they are just used as padding to get
+	 * proper alignement with user space */
+	__s32		reserved1;
+	__s32		reserved2;
+	__u16		reserved3;
+	__s32		reserved4;
+	__u32		reserved5;
+
+	__u32		scan_capa;	/* IW_SCAN_CAPA_* bit field */
 };
/*

Major NACK.  These datastructure usages are complete wrong, and
we have to stop spreading this problem instead of continuing on
with it as if it's OK.
But it seems like we have to deal with this api until nl80211/cfg80211 is ready. But the situation is _worse_ without this patch (hidden ssid support is a huge mess).
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