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Re: [PATCH] wcn36xx: Fix software-driven scan

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On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 08:15, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > For software-driven scan, rely on mac80211 software scan instead
> > of internal driver implementation. The internal implementation
> > cause connection trouble since it keep the antenna busy during
> > the entire scan duration, moreover it's only a passive scanning
> > (no probe request). Therefore, let mac80211 manages sw scan.
> >
> > Note: we fallback to software scan if firmware does not report
> > scan offload support or if we need to scan the 5Ghz band (currently
> > not supported by the offload scan...).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> What changed since v2? Please always include a changelog so that I don't
> need to guess what you have changed in the patch. No need to resend, a
> reply is enough.

Yes sorry, this patch has been rebased on ath master and squashed with
Bryan's fix:
     wcn36xx: Set sw-scan chan to 0 when not associated
No additional changes have been made on top of the initial patches.

Regards,
Loic



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