"John W. Linville" <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Yes, and at what point does it seem like a good idea to hide the channel >> the wifi card is on? If I set channel 11 and it is scanning instead of >> locked on channel 11 then I should see the current channel the hardware >> is on. This seems like an aweful idea to me, granted, it may help a few >> people that don't understand how scanning works, but hiding the truth is >> never a good idea. NACK. > > I can see what you mean, but I think showing seemingly random > fluctuations in channel assignments is at best distracting. Don't you > agree that most people are more interested in seeing the configuration > state than the transient state of the hardware? I agree, it's very distracting. And while doing mac80211 software scan the device is on a channel approximately 30 ms with queues stopped, so no data is transfered at that time. I don't see any benefit from reporting this value to user space: "Hey, I'm on channel 5 now but by the time to you read this I will be on channel 6 already." If people want to follow how mac80211 changes the frequency during scan, the proper way is to add debug messages for op_config() calls. I saw that Johannes was already working on that. -- Kalle Valo -- 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
