Return-path: Received: from mx51.mymxserver.com ([85.199.173.110]:58905 "EHLO mx51.mymxserver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751669AbZIUGoh (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:44:37 -0400 From: Holger Schurig To: Johannes Berg Subject: Re: [RFC] nl80211: introduce NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_EXPIRE Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:42:59 +0200 Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , John W Linville References: <200909181849.22302.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> <1253293842.4787.1.camel@johannes.local> In-Reply-To: <1253293842.4787.1.camel@johannes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Message-Id: <200909210842.59852.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > > It also allows to set an expiration for > > NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN. Setting the expiration to 0 will > > clean the whole BSS list. > > tbh, I don't really understand the need for it. changing your > AP settings doesn't seem like a use case anyone would really > care about that much. Turning of an AP is one way making the AP vanish. Sitting into a fork-lift and driving throught a ware-house hall is another way to accomplish the same. However, it's way easier for me to change the AP's setting than to actually leave me office :-) /me wishes kernel developers would have more sense for real life :-) -- http://www.holgerschurig.de