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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mac80211: passively scan DFS channels if requested

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On 24 October 2016 at 15:42, Simon Wunderlich <sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Monday, October 24, 2016 3:33:24 PM CEST Johannes Berg wrote:
>> > > I think it would be reasonable only if the target channel is the
>> > > one we are using and we have done CSA. But when scanning non-
>> > > operative channels I don't think this could work.
>> >
>> > this has been sleeping for a while.. :)
>> > Would it make sense to rebase it and resubmit it for inclusion?
>> >
>> > Given the previous discussion we could change the logic as:
>> > * always passively scan DFS channels that are not usable
>> > * always actively scan DFS channels that are usable (i.e. CAC was
>> > performed).
>>
>> Doesn't that contradict what you said above?
>>
>> If we scan, don't we possibly lose our CAC result anyway, since we went
>> off-channel? In FCC at least? In ETSI I think we're allowed to do that
>> for a bit?
>
> I believe going off-channel was allowed in general - in fact, some routers CAC
> all channels on boot up and then keep the "usable" state forever.

I recall a discussion around this behavior [scan all on boot] a long
time ago. I believe earlier ETSI spec revisions allowed it but recent
ones made it more explicit that you can't cache CAC results like that
but don't take my word for it. I don't have have the spec on me now so
can't check.


Michał




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