Return-path: Received: from mail-wr0-f174.google.com ([209.85.128.174]:37341 "EHLO mail-wr0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751523AbeCOHKL (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Mar 2018 03:10:11 -0400 Received: by mail-wr0-f174.google.com with SMTP id z12so7131748wrg.4 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:10:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <87efko0zsk.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> References: <1520260620-4694-1-git-send-email-amitkarwar@gmail.com> <1520260620-4694-2-git-send-email-amitkarwar@gmail.com> <87ina00zwv.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> <87efko0zsk.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> From: Amitkumar Karwar Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:40:10 +0530 Message-ID: (sfid-20180315_081230_679563_13A117B2) Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] rsi: add support for hardware scan offload To: Kalle Valo Cc: linux-wireless , Amitkumar Karwar , Siva Rebbagondla , Prameela Rani Garnepudi Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 8:48 PM, Kalle Valo wrote: > Kalle Valo writes: > >> Amitkumar Karwar writes: >> >>> From: Prameela Rani Garnepudi >>> >>> With the current approach of scanning, roaming delays >>> are observed. Firmware has support for back ground scanning. >>> To get this advantage, mac80211 hardware scan is implemented. >>> In this method, foreground scan is performed in driver and >>> back ground scan is configured to firmware. >> >> To me doesn't like a good idea to duplicate scan functionality in the >> driver. > > Also a pro tip: Don't place controversial patches as the first patch in > a big patchset, instead put them last so that I can apply rest of > patches anyway. Even better to submit them separately as RFC. Got it. I will follow this. Regards, Amitkumar Karwar