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RE: [PATCH] mwifiex: increase number of probes for specific SSID scans

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Hi Johannes,

> > On Tue, 2015-04-14 at 07:49 -0700, Amitkumar Karwar wrote:
> > It's been observed that device sometimes fails to find AP configured
> > in hidden SSID in busy environment. We will increase number of probes
> > for specific SSID scans for getting better results.
> 
> I question the value of making the "busy environment" even more busy by
> sending a lot of probe requests at low rates ...
> 
> Scans are never really guaranteed to be perfect and complete anyway.
> 
> This is clearly your choice, but given, among other things, the broader
> industry direction of moving away from active scanning this seems like a
> bit short-sighted thing to do.

I agree. Multiple probes would make an environment even more busy.
We will drop this patch.

Regards,
Amitkumar
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