From: Holger Schurig <hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipw2200: increase scan timeout
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:06:03 +0000
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> The current scan timeout is set to 5 seconds. If the timeout
> is hit because the firmware did not respond yet, the adapter
> gets restarted, which results in a disassociation.

I have nothing against raising the timeout, but two general 
questions.

First thing: why does the adapter get's resetted?  Even if a 
whole scan takes 11 seconds, the scan of one channel takes less. 
So if results trickle in during these 11 seconds, nothing should 
get resettet.

Second thing: why should the association get's cleared if the 
adapter get's reset?  Isn't one a (assoc) at protocol level and 
the other (adapter) a hardware thing?