Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:33499 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751275AbXJJRmH (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:42:07 -0400 Subject: Re: mac80211/iwlwifi + hidden ssids From: Johannes Berg To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Dan Williams , dragoran , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel In-Reply-To: <20071010152027.GF5962@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20071010_163901_037577_F3E11A0F) References: <470C9F28.1070803@gmail.com> <20071010130653.GB5962@tuxdriver.com> <1192026847.9739.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1192028866.9739.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20071010152027.GF5962@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20071010_163901_037577_F3E11A0F) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-nGtk5e/XtPrEY9OxlI5j" Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:41:52 +0200 Message-Id: <1192038112.4770.0.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20071010_184210_445849_F8B8E38D) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-nGtk5e/XtPrEY9OxlI5j Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 11:20 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 11:07:46AM -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 16:57 +0200, dragoran wrote: >=20 > > > btw shouldn't all mac80211 drivers either work or not work because th= e > > > code for this is in mac80211 and not in the drivers? > >=20 > > Yeah, pretty much; but each driver/firmware may handle hidden ssids > > slightly differently. mac80211 should bring some sanity to this area, > > but I wouldn't discount variation between even mac80211 based drivers. >=20 > Hmmm...doesn't the iwlwifi firmware intercede in scanning? Yes, but we tell it which SSID to scan for. Not that we know whether it cares... johannes --=-nGtk5e/XtPrEY9OxlI5j Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIVAwUARw0O36Vg1VMiehFYAQJtRw//f5nJDjXVQn7j1Un0Dme62C2wA1lmDuoH VfZXngtVp4kPx4pi/LUoR0vsmjJaArcSHPUquNddOgghVj5/48yZVP0LurW68qgi 8QqZ0YlcWtrxkzRQr7e2GFVhnQZtqG2pWPdh4jlV3QN7RYIxnWal+1HS2j4G2r1L ugt5cC1tHbbTIFJZn7D/Ne7bC/S6QkhR1aPk+XpCNI9sF7jTjAlNhKQoojvmkLdK FW3OALildGer46q9ev7sI5X5mTQa3ynCVEtlTtcgohhCrqJjv0QK4BXFbKWSyvy8 ryiHoBF5pZTYUMQvqnnjkZFrqf/2U0xyIsTIyWzs4xlVwKSBLUOkRWpbj7bNyoVf V7/RFvGdHNjhclU8cxB/du4tbMRvUmH5v6SZjyRBhfxic3kfJ/XKA5S0bSobo14C +bJ0D0LYktuDYVyo1l+WGIEKiVdfJl57CJVJFIRTONkVd2HlbfDzvJLlyH24iSyg 6sQWbZKJo5eoBypQJM4b8TPIP0/z+geptGIBd3soVuKscvNm4zkN76LlUt50fQjU MRCUEW7Wa7IT2Pzq+b/pgVWvAQbz/ChX/TskVcaC9wb6fpwyc4YDVmwovxKx4tzc Su0x1iqZYJx8FOe9Iald1LQiX72PX2b38iSTj6pExep7X+s6vXpH8zilABqdv7RE T0yZJsWtHNo= =D4CC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-nGtk5e/XtPrEY9OxlI5j--