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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: invoke software scan when hardware scan returns EPERM

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Sushant Kumar Mishra <sushant2k1513@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> From: Sanjay Kumar Konduri <sanjay.konduri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently, software scan in mac80211 is used by drivers, which don't
> implement hardware scan. However some drivers which have implemented
> hardware scan may also sometimes want to use software scan in mac80211.
> Such drivers can return '-EPERM' and ask mac80211 to fallback to
> software scan with this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sanjay Kumar Konduri <sanjay.konduri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Siva Rebbagondla <siva.rebbagondla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sushant Kumar Mishra <sushant.mishra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This and the following rsi patch should in the same patchset as there's
a dependency. This being patch 1 and "rsi: add support for hardware scan
offload" patch 2.

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#sending_large_patches_or_multiple_patches

Also Johanne's address (Johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Berg
<johannes"@sipsolutions.net) looked bogus so I fixed it.

-- 
Kalle Valo



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