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Re: [RFC] mac80211: remove IEEE80211_HW_SCAN_WHILE_IDLE

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On Wed, 2013-02-06 at 23:59 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> There are only a few drivers that use HW scan, and
> all of those don't need a non-idle transition before
> starting the scan -- some don't even care about idle
> at all. Remove the flag and code associated with it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Actually I'm not 100% sure about wl1251, but I think if
> it has a problem with that it can fix it in the hw_scan
> callback?

I think it does affect wl1251.  IIRC, we need at least to disable beacon
filtering when starting to scan (which is done in the idle->active
transition).

But you're right that we could do this in the hw_scan callback.  We can
simulate an active/idle cycle when we start/stop scan.

--
Luca.

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