On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 18:44 +0300, Jouni Malinen wrote: > We can allow scan requests in AP mode as long as the interface has not > yet been configured to send out Beacon frames (or if beaconing has > been disabled prior to the scan request). This makes it easier to scan > for neighboring BSSes during AP initialization and makes it possible > to run a scan without setting the interface down, if needed. Without > this change, the only available option would be to set the interface > down, move into station mode, and set the interface up, prior to > requesting the scan. > > Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > net/mac80211/cfg.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > --- uml.orig/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2009-04-16 18:20:19.000000000 +0300 > +++ uml/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2009-04-16 18:33:44.000000000 +0300 > @@ -1167,7 +1167,8 @@ static int ieee80211_scan(struct wiphy * > > if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION && > sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC && > - sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) > + sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT && > + (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP || sdata->u.ap.beacon)) > return -EOPNOTSUPP; Should this return a different error code for AP then? Maybe -EBUSY for AP && beacon? Then again, EBUSY is already returned for "already scanning". hmm. johannes
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