Am Montag, 15. September 2008 schrieb Johannes Berg: > On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 14:29 +0200, Helmut Schaa wrote: > > Basic implementation of software background scanning functionality. > > > > The patch basically enhances the scanning state machine by two further > > states (SCAN_DEFER, SCAN_OPERATION). In state SCAN_DEFER the driver is advised > > to switch back to the operating channel while SCAN_OPERATION tells the access > > point about being back from power saving and restarts the tx queue. Just before > > SCAN_SET_CHANNEL sets the next channel to scan it notifies the access point > > about going to power save state and stops the tx queue. > > > > However one (still unresolved) issue is that the code does not wait for the > > appropriate ACK from the access point after notifying the new power state. > > > > Any thoughts or comments? > > This doesn't play well at all with hardware assisted scan as far as I > can tell. Correct. The patch only adapts software scan code. The hardware assisted scan is not touched at all but should also not be affected in an odd way. Helmut -- 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
