Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:52121 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752714Ab1IEMFs (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Sep 2011 08:05:48 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC v2 1/5] nl80211/cfg80211: adding 'scan_cancel' command. From: Johannes Berg To: Victor Goldenshtein Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1315224151-16552-2-git-send-email-VictorG@ti.com> References: <1315224151-16552-1-git-send-email-VictorG@ti.com> <1315224151-16552-2-git-send-email-VictorG@ti.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:05:43 +0200 Message-ID: <1315224343.4075.7.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20110905_140557_218411_71B23E20) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 15:02 +0300, Victor Goldenshtein wrote: > Mostly from an energy consumption and cpu load perspective, > it can be useful to stop a triggered scan earlier, when one > finds the desired scan results. > Adding the ability to stop a scan from user space by exposing > new NL80211_CMD_SCAN_CANCEL API. Would be nice to advertise availability, possibly through mac80211? johannes