On 06/07/2012 09:38 PM, Pedersen, Thomas wrote: >>> + WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_RSSI_SCAN = BIT(22), >>> > > }; >> > >> > Is this flag really needed? For me this looks like an optimisation more >> > than a functional change. If the driver supports this, that's great and >> > we can save some power. But if the driver does not support it does it >> > really make any difference for the user space? Would user space act >> > differently if this feature is not supported by the driver? > > Well, this allows cfg80211 to return an error if this feature is > requested but not supported by the driver / fw. But do we want to return an error when the driver doesn't support this? I was thinking that driver should just ignore the attribute in that case and let user space filter the results. Kalle -- 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
