On Wed, 2013-01-09 at 18:04 +0200, Victor Goldenshtein wrote: > On 09/01/13 14:38, Johannes Berg wrote: > > Do we really want to allow arbitrary changes to the interfaces while > > scanning? This could process a deauth frame for example, I'm worried > > that might break things. > > > > Can you please elaborate why we shouldn't process deauth frames during > HW scan ? This fix was tested with our 18xx, don't see how it can break > things, but it's up to you whether to take it.. But did you test disassociating in the middle of the scan? I suspect that some devices at least might have trouble with reprogramming the device completely while it's scanning. Maybe you can make this behaviour opt-in with a hardware flag? 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
