Return-path: Received: from mail.hevs.ch ([153.109.23.10]:56578 "EHLO mail.hevs.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751378AbYBZQSl (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:18:41 -0500 From: Marc Pignat To: libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH, take 2] libertas: implement SSID scanning for SIOCSIWSCAN Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:44:04 +0100 Cc: Holger Schurig , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Dan Williams , "John W. Linville" References: <200802261522.05676.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> In-Reply-To: <200802261522.05676.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ansi_x3.4-1968" Message-Id: <200802261644.05300.marc.pignat@hevs.ch> (sfid-20080226_161845_355997_DFCDA98D) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tuesday 26 February 2008, Holger Schurig wrote: > libertas: implement SSID scanning for SIOCSIWSCAN > > After my bit scan re-writing the SIOCSIWSCAN wext ioctl no longer supported > scanning for a specific SSID. However, wpa_supplicant is a possible user of > this ioctl, so here is code that add's this. > > While passing, removed even more of the debugfs-based scanning. You can (and > should) the SIOCSIWSCAN to ask for scans, so there is no need for Seems you have forgotten the 'use' word :) > proprietary interfaces for scanning. And, besides, the scan result couldn't > be used further, e.g. not for associating. .. Regards Marc