On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 05:18 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > This is totally incomplete: > > cfg80211 needs to > * actually hash on the BSSID instead of putting things into a list > * provide BSS list functions so mac80211 need not keep track > * allow a "private" area in each scan result with hw-provided size > * handle mesh properly > * provide a way for the hw to limit the number of SSIDs in a scan * provide a function to just pass in the whole beacon/probe response frame and pick it apart itself * handle aging * provide a wext "set scan" hook that creates a request and passes it off to ->scan(), provide wext "get scan" hook * parse the supported rates into a bitmap like mac80211 does now, based on the bitrate information the wiphy provides > in mac80211, we need to > * pass the scan request to the hardware offload > * handle multiple SSIDs in a scan > * use BSS list stuff cfg80211 needs to provide > * handle active/passive properly * use all those helpers I mentioned above Also, we need to think about * how fullmac stuff can integrate, can it provide this IE-based information, and if not, is it feasible to just synthesize it? * whether this should really be per wiphy as it is now, or somehow more per netdev, or not related to a netdev at all... johannes
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