Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8214C5ACCC for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:47:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84A932086E for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:47:15 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="OQs16a6w" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 84A932086E Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727649AbeJRTrw (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:47:52 -0400 Received: from mail-ua1-f68.google.com ([209.85.222.68]:36148 "EHLO mail-ua1-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727546AbeJRTrw (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:47:52 -0400 Received: by mail-ua1-f68.google.com with SMTP id b3so6016109uak.3 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:47:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=wHnjls+FuwP4z6dk3/4VLOVQp7OqMpku+jgrc7EzsQI=; b=OQs16a6w8qaydocGQTc53MeYzlm8g1EXgkQJbwr6q879xVt7dnH+ajGCcDxLGJE3I9 T5DKXbsdq6eJnjw/9tA/eagFoFZ4UjrWJUKHtPJCvxvxTLJsGxwEfd7Wh2uwi16lAORi vBQJRdCSePLSfcHpVvDtnprMXiMsJIgluZIJKj2cyf9Sb5BIqN7I85VxN1moC0d7HrQh RGde/ILnzbKlcjMR93xPALOiNxI5EM3IApmeTesePtKFk/QeITaHW0ZD9xZq5Hz7dZQf 0JxUtvl4YuYw6YHk3st4+nGwo/GqkWZa8Kq0ESLyqk+Pw6MdXp2jEn66yNlnKpNMxMR2 PVmw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=wHnjls+FuwP4z6dk3/4VLOVQp7OqMpku+jgrc7EzsQI=; b=Gr+laXmd4D9OFSzkVHBpBNLyhFaB1r/+40/u0xJFzHGJa9zX55BzugDZmGYKqzGQoD NClPovATvWsmVohcau3U5kwxdW6B+6Bs51udD3GNRCyo3VOqiVrEwhZiuhx+Hvs6vmlS Eqhllct3PT+o/fL/C+7R2sg1L143lsPrhHR/AyAfnbDAAjj/cdUiAYtFRwbQc+ah+L0L O44SdKT/oZ/hHb5YsVNKtVfdWQqKlHrTwsAg5Wu3vMNxqijgXeq6ZghkwUXlqLb1eZ34 RrPpQVwSvPNNZBglNWIa+H/dCHNe6WFSdSx+unIuX5UcDWycIsvtT2Z+kV4Ns7pbDvYE grBg== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfoh/4LwsTtenY452kNFbm+3EDUXdm/ygGC/y3wrkDHyTQ2YSC096 kdx97Yc6LRdNRme7o0Nk7A97LMJTHZ038Y1Nk9c= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV60VmY1+iEWYvc+iJFXoXrjTF6QO0fp8l/QmE//uPxSCI0X/HZc0DhA+5/wBdum98U9An+/pntDM/twp8Pc1wsw= X-Received: by 2002:a9f:2e02:: with SMTP id t2mr4922695uaj.79.1539863233065; Thu, 18 Oct 2018 04:47:13 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20181018083547.23262-1-johannes@sipsolutions.net> In-Reply-To: <20181018083547.23262-1-johannes@sipsolutions.net> From: Siva Rebbagondla Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:21:35 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: allow hardware scan to fall back to software To: Johannes Berg Cc: Linux Wireless , sushant kumar mishra , Siva Rebbagondla , Sanjay Kumar Konduri , prameela.j04cs@gmail.com, Sushant Mishra , johannes.berg@intel.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 2:06 PM Johannes Berg wrote: > > From: Johannes Berg > > In some cases, like in the rsi driver hardware scan offload, there > may be scenarios in which hardware scan might not be available or > desirable. > > Allow drivers to cope with this by letting them fall back to software > scan by returning the special value 1 from the hardware scan method. > Acked-and-Tested-by: Siva Rebbagondla