Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:35767 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750978AbZERMpQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2009 08:45:16 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 08:38:59 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Johannes Berg Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Dan Williams , linux-wireless , Aeolus.Yang@atheros.com, Senthil Balasubramanian , Gaurav.Jauhar@atheros.com, David Miller , Jouni Malinen Subject: Re: Scan while TX/RX'ing a lot of data Message-ID: <20090518123858.GA2814@tuxdriver.com> References: <43e72e890905141052o1f072bc5m4bc5922327617f8b@mail.gmail.com> <1242327298.4227.25.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43e72e890905141207m3c27588ex13190b2ed6010e30@mail.gmail.com> <1242334636.4227.134.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43e72e890905141426k479e6707xb4f3d07d7420e7ea@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890905152312m2077cc1dqd743cf7f625e9a49@mail.gmail.com> <1242478657.10005.72.camel@johannes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1242478657.10005.72.camel@johannes.local> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 02:57:37PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > Anyway, bottom line is that I don't think we should change the APIs in > any way, we should instead make the scan smarter by spreading it out if > we're active. This even applies to scanning while in an IBSS -- stop > beaconing, then go scan etc. ACK -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.