On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Marcel Holtmann <holtmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > >> >> This patch gives the HW the possibility to send direct probes in passive >> >> channels (as long as traffic was detected in that channel) if such ssid >> >> was requested, so hidden ssid can be found now in those channels as well. >> > >> > this also doesn't sound like a regression to me. Nice to have for sure, >> > but not acceptable according to the merge window rules. >> >> If you cannot scan your AP you also not able to connect to it, drawing >> your card useless. >> >> > Question here is was the driver supporting this before and we broke it >> > in the 2.6.27 phase or not. >> >> Irrelevant, this is fixing show stopper bug. > > it is relevant. So I read this commit message as, that now we can also > find hidden SSIDs in passive channels. Question that you should ask then > is if that was supported before. Yes or no. If yes, then it is a > regression, no then it is a feature. And regression fixes go in features > wait for the next merge window. > > The term show stopper bug is irrelevant when it comes to merge window > rules. > I don't know if it worked before or not I didn't check. This is new code. Tomas -- 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
