Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:46374 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753070Ab0JFRsL (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:48:11 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] iwlwifi: schedule to deprecate software scan support From: Johannes Berg To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Wey-Yi Guy , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <20101006173609.GH2472@tuxdriver.com> References: <1286378593-7509-1-git-send-email-wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> <1286378593-7509-2-git-send-email-wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> <20101006173609.GH2472@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:48:06 +0200 Message-ID: <1286387286.3655.380.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 13:36 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 08:23:08AM -0700, Wey-Yi Guy wrote: > > Hardware scan is the prefer method for all iwlwifi devices; > > especially for dual-mode functions. Schedule to deprecate the > > software scan support in kernel 2.6.40 > > > > Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy > > Hmmm...perhaps you have more confidence in this than I do? > My experience suggests that hardware scanning has been the source of > a number of problems and having the option to turn it off has provided > a useful workaround for any number of users. I think most issues with hw scanning have been the stuff that Stanislaw has fixed. johannes