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Re: Moving scan logic into work-queue?

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On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 10:13 -0800, Ben Greear wrote:
> We've talked before about moving the scan logic into the work-queue.

I think you mean ieee80211_work, not work-queue.

> Since my previous attempts at optimizing this code for scanning & off-channel
> work didn't stick, I thought I might attempt to convert the scan logic
> to the work-queue, with hopes of then being able to make another attempt
> at optimizing things for multiple interfaces & potentially off-channel work
> items.
> 
> Before I start though, I'm hoping for some guidance on how you'd
> want this implemented.  Or, if you think there are other changes
> that should go in first, I'll wait...

In any case, yes, please don't work on this now. I need to rework auth &
assoc handling completely, and get rid of the work items for that etc.
That will probably mean a large rewrite of the work item logic, possibly
even removing most of that code.

johannes

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