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Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] iwlwifi: fix hidden ssid discovery in passive
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From: Marcel Holtmann <holtmann@linux.intel.com>
To: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
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Hi Yi,

> This patch gives the HW the possibility to send direct probes in passive
> channels (as long as traffic was detected in that channel) if such ssid
> was requested, so hidden ssid can be found now in those channels as well.

this also doesn't sound like a regression to me. Nice to have for sure,
but not acceptable according to the merge window rules.

Question here is was the driver supporting this before and we broke it
in the 2.6.27 phase or not.

Regards

Marcel