Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([147.243.128.24]:22275 "EHLO mgw-da01.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753064Ab0KKQAJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:00:09 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC 06/15] mac80211: add support for HW periodic scan From: Luciano Coelho To: "geryk@ti.com" Cc: Johannes Berg , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <4CDC0CBA.30201@ti.com> References: <1288612336-2830-1-git-send-email-luciano.coelho@nokia.com> <1288612336-2830-7-git-send-email-luciano.coelho@nokia.com> <1288885537.3659.4.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <1288987177.25600.15.camel@powerslave> <03639d1a6cc12b36b036145a8c31da33@localhost> <4CDC0CBA.30201@ti.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:59:43 +0200 Message-ID: <1289491183.1606.61.camel@powerslave> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 16:33 +0100, ext Gery Kahn wrote: > On 11/05/2010 09:55 PM, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > > On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:59:37 +0200, Luciano Coelho > > wrote: > >> I think the idea of using background is good. Something like bg_scan or > >> something. The original idea was to call it background scan, but since > >> wl1271 doesn't support this while connected, I thought calling it > >> periodic scan would be slightly clearer about that. Background scan > >> sounds like you do it while connected (to me at least). > > > > Come to think of it though, we also call what we do when connected > > and trigger a scan manually a "background scan", so that's probably > > not a good name here. > > > > Not sure ... don't really have a good idea right now. > It may be sched_scan Hmmm... Scheduled scan is a good idea. And sched_scan is a clear and short abbreviation. What do you think, Johannes? -- Cheers, Luca.