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Re: [RFC] mac80211: Support on-channel scan option.

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On Sun, 2012-04-01 at 13:45 -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> On 04/01/2012 11:45 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 15:30 -0700, greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >
> >>   static int __ieee80211_start_scan(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
> >>   				  struct cfg80211_scan_request *req)
> >> @@ -438,6 +461,33 @@ static int __ieee80211_start_scan(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
> >>   	local->scan_req = req;
> >>   	local->scan_sdata = sdata;
> >>
> >> +	/* If we are scanning only on the current channel, then
> >> +	 * we do not need to stop normal activities
> >> +	 */
> >> +	if ((req->n_channels == 1)&&
> >> +	    (req->channels[0]->center_freq ==
> >> +	     local->hw.conf.channel->center_freq)) {
> > ...
> >> +		return 0;
> >> +	}
> >> +
> >>   	if (local->ops->hw_scan)
> >>   		__set_bit(SCAN_HW_SCANNING,&local->scanning);
> >
> > Clearly, you're joking.
> 
> That is worthless feedback and gives me no idea what you
> think should be fixed about it.
> 
> If you hate the entire idea of optimizing scanning on channel,
> just say so plainly.

I did quote only the relevant pieces -- you're completely ignoring hw
scan. Why should I care about this patch then?

johannes

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