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From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: greearb@candelatech.com
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mac80211:  Allow scanning single channel if other VIF is associated.
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:22:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1285658564.3885.1.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1285632457-27539-2-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com>

On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 17:07 -0700, greearb@candelatech.com wrote:
> From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
> 
> This patch aims to decrease channel switching when there is at least one
> interface associated.  This should help multiple station interfaces co-exist
> on the same hardware, especially in WPA mode.

Totally NACK. The code is ugly, complex, and unnecessary.

You can make wpa_s scan the channels one by one, or you can improve the
off-channel behaviour, but this is a workaround that just isn't
appropriate.

johannes


  reply	other threads:[~2010-09-28  7:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-28  0:07 [PATCH 1/2] ath9k: Check for identical channels when changing channels greearb
2010-09-28  0:07 ` [PATCH 2/2] mac80211: Allow scanning single channel if other VIF is associated greearb
2010-09-28  7:22   ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2010-09-28 13:50     ` Ben Greear
2010-09-28 13:57       ` Johannes Berg
2010-09-28 15:17         ` Ben Greear
2010-09-28 15:18           ` Johannes Berg
2010-09-29  5:48           ` Jouni Malinen
2010-09-29 15:27             ` Ben Greear
2010-09-28  8:51 ` [PATCH 1/2] ath9k: Check for identical channels when changing channels Felix Fietkau
2010-09-28 13:37   ` Ben Greear
2010-09-28 14:05     ` Felix Fietkau
2010-09-28 15:22       ` Ben Greear

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