Return-path: Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.172]:12890 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751911AbZEDTX3 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2009 15:23:29 -0400 Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 26so3335038wfd.4 for ; Mon, 04 May 2009 12:23:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200905042053.19091.rossi.f@inwind.it> References: <1241452330.8683.49.camel@johannes.local> <49FF2FE8.8010004@gmail.com> <20090504181357.GA19022@tuxdriver.com> <200905042053.19091.rossi.f@inwind.it> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 12:23:15 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890905041223n76ee71d8ie4322adc10917bb6@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: report operating frequency rather than current To: Fabio Rossi Cc: "John W. Linville" , Richard Farina , Johannes Berg , linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Fabio Rossi wrote: > On Monday 04 May 2009, John W. Linville wrote: > >> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 02:11:52PM -0400, Richard Farina wrote: >> > Johannes Berg wrote: >> >> Umm, if _you_ set channel 11 then you _will_ see channel 11. It's= just >> >> that when it's scanning and happens to be on channel 132 instead = of 11, >> >> while you previously set 11, you will _after_ this patch see 11, = not >> >> 132. >> > >> > Yes, and at what point does it seem like a good idea to hide the c= hannel >> > the wifi card is on? =C2=A0If I set channel 11 and it is scanning = instead of >> > locked on channel 11 then I should see the current channel the har= dware >> > is on. =C2=A0This seems like an aweful idea to me, granted, it may= help a few >> > people that don't understand how scanning works, but hiding the tr= uth is >> > never a good idea. NACK. >> >> I can see what you mean, but I think showing seemingly random >> fluctuations in channel assignments is at best distracting. =C2=A0Do= n't you >> agree that most people are more interested in seeing the configurati= on >> state than the transient state of the hardware? > > I want to report my experience. There was a bug in the ath5k driver w= ith a > hanging result during scanning mode. I was able to discover the probl= em > thanks to the iwconfig output. > > In alternative, is it possible to add a status flag so that iwconfig = from user > space can report scanning mode is operative? iw event Or the old way : iwevent Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html