Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:35522 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751352Ab1FSIIv (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:08:51 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC] cfg80211: skip checking of SSID for maintaining scan list From: Johannes Berg To: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1307979580-11360-1-git-send-email-mshajakhan@atheros.com> References: <1307979580-11360-1-git-send-email-mshajakhan@atheros.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:08:49 +0200 Message-ID: <1308470929.4145.3.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20110619_100855_720760_1EBF8823) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 21:09 +0530, Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan wrote: > From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan > > when we connect to hidden SSID AP's we maintain two entries > for the same AP and we update all the parameters for the hidden > SSID entry rather than the associated entry, this is because we > have the SSID check in updating/adding new entries in scanlist. > by skipping the SSID check we will maintain a single entry for > the hidden SSID and also update the associated entry for the > same. > will this break something if I skip SSID check for the sake > of hidden SSID AP's or is there someother IE's I can check for. I think this will break the case where there are multiple SSIDs all hidden on the same BSSID, which is a configuration that some people use. johannes