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Re: [RFC 0/2] cfg80211: Retrieve missing BSS info after connect

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Holger Schurig wrote:
>> It sounds like the libertas cfg80211 drivers have the same problem, so I'm
>> posting them in case they're useful.
> 
> I'm not sure about that.
> 
> One thing that I'm sure of is that for the Libertas case I need to scan 
> *before* the connection takes place. The Libertas firmware doesn't roam by 
> itself, so I don't tell her an SSID like you'll tell the orinoco firmware.
> 
> Instead the libertas firmware needs a BSSID where it should connect to. If 
> you let do wpa_supplicant do the job (even for WEP), that's no problem, 
> because wpa_supplicant always scans and then connects to a specific BSSID, 
> which suits Libertas very well.

Fair enough. If I find the time to finish orinoco cfg80211, then I'll
try to keep this within the driver.


Dave.
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