Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:01:56 -0800
To: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] fixing the ap_scan and hidden SSID mess
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From: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
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On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 06:02:35AM -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> 
> It's a problem for backporting this fix to older kernels that are not
> 2.6.25.

	I think backporting would be a non starter, only bug fixes are
suppossed to be backported. For out-of-tree driver, a #ifdef will do
the trick trivially.

> So is the ANY_SSID_SCAN thing different from just calling SIOCSIWSCAN
> _without_ any options?  I was under the impression that just calling
> SIWSCAN would scan for all SSIDs.

	You are right. Actually, if you stuff a empty essid in
SIOCSIWSCAN, I doubt it would work.
	The purpose of the flag is different : identify audited from
non audited drivers.

> I've actually thought about your proposal, and decided that you're
> right.  I'll post another patch for more comments.
> 
> dan

	Regards,

	Jean