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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: add pre- and post-scan hooks

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On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 09:09 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 09:51 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 11:43 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > mrv8k has commands that get called before and after the scan has been
> > > done to save and restore hardware state.  Add optional callbacks to
> > > mac80211 to enable low-level drivers to know when the stack is about to
> > > start scanning, and when it's done.
> > 
> > Was just talking to Sujith about something on IRC and realised that
> > maybe this is required to turn off IBSS beaconing when leaving the
> > channel for a scan?
> 
> Most cards to the beaconing in hardware/firmware with a given template,
> right?

Yes, many do.

> If so this sounds quite plausible.  Does beaconing not get
> paused now?

I'd guess not, but I haven't actually tested.

johannes

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