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Subject: Re: [PATCH] libertas: Remove carrier signaling from the scan code
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>,
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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:41:33 -0800
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Hi John,

> > There is no reason to signal a carrier off when doing a 802.11 scan.
> > 
> > Cc: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Holger Schurig <holgerschurig@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>

can we get this driver merged since no wireless driver should play with
carrier on/off settings during scanning.

I would actually go that far that we should fix it in 2.6.33 and also
backport it to -stable.

Regards

Marcel