Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: improve IBSS scanning
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Joerg Pommnitz <pommnitz@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 15:12:00 +0200
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On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 13:10 +0000, Joerg Pommnitz wrote:
> Johannes Berg <johannes@...> writes:
> > Note that this can be further improved to start
> > the IBSS right away if both frequency and BSSID
> > are fixed.
> 
> Doing this and switching off beaconing would be the same as
> the infamous AH-Demo mode supported by Madwifi and creeping
> into the current kernel, no?

and switching of beaconing. Don't think we want that.

> see http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/UserDocs/AhdemoInterface
> and HTC_M_AHDEMO in enum htc_opmode.
> 
> For me, AH-Demo is required to ditch Madwifi, so are you still
> opposed to its integration? It seems that the pieces of the
> puzzle are almost there now.

WHY is it required for you? And yeah, I _am_ still opposed to that.

johannes