Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:51212 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753324Ab2JRPVX (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:21:23 -0400 Message-ID: <1350573714.10638.19.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20121018_172127_250729_05BE4ED1) Subject: Re: [PATCHv3] nl/cfg80211: force scan using an AP vif if requested From: Johannes Berg To: Antonio Quartulli Cc: "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:21:54 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1350369562-24733-1-git-send-email-ordex@autistici.org> References: <1350369562-24733-1-git-send-email-ordex@autistici.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 08:39 +0200, Antonio Quartulli wrote: > If the user wants to scan using a vif configured as AP, cfg80211 must give him a > chance to do it, even if this will disrupt the stations performance due to > off-channel scanning. To do so, this patch adds a 'force' flag to the > SCAN_TRIGGER command which tells cfg80211 to perform the scanning operation even > if the vif is an AP and the beaconing has already started. Applied, but please break commit logs to < 72 characters in the future yourself. johannes