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Re: [PATCH v9] mac80211: Optimize scans on current operating channel.

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On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 14:12 -0800, Ben Greear wrote:

> > But if we pretend all work is off-channel, won't it be OK to return from
> > off-channel, even if it isn't really another channel?
> 
> That should be fine unless a scan can run in conjunction
> with work.  Then, it could confuse scan's idea of whether it
> is off or on channel.
> 
> Seems they are currently mutually-exclusive, so I guess
> it doesn't matter currently.
> 
> I'll take a look at what it would take to do the power-save
> stuff and we can then decide if it should be broken into
> separate patches...

Ok, thanks.

> I'm seeing multiple APs reported in my testing.  Receiving all beacons
> seems to be related to setting the filter properly.  I'm using ath9k
> though...maybe other nics behave differently about this?
> 
> Or maybe my NIC is so busy it never goes to power-save anyway?

ath9k doesn't enable PS by default -- you'd have to enable it with
iwconfig or iw.

johannes

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