Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] cfg80211: Add multiple scan plans for scheduled scan

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

On Mon, 2015-10-12 at 09:51 +0300, Luca Coelho wrote:
> From: Avraham Stern <avraham.stern@intel.com>
> 
> Add the option to configure multiple 'scan plans' for scheduled scan.
> Each 'scan plan' defines the number of scan cycles and the interval
> between scans. The scan plans are executed in the order they were
> configured. The last scan plan will always run infinitely and thus
> defines only the interval between scans.
> The maximum number of scan plans supported by the device and the
> maximum number of iterations in a single scan plan are advertised
> to userspace so it can configure the scan plans appropriately.
> 
> When scheduled scan results are received there is no way to know 
> which
> scan plan is being currently executed, so there is no way to know 
> when
> the next scan iteration will start. This is not a problem, however.
> The scan start timestamp is only used for flushing old scan results,
> and there is no difference between flushing all results received 
> until
> the end of the previous iteration or the start of the current one,
> since no results will be received in between.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Avraham Stern <avraham.stern@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
> ---
> 
> In v2:
>    * take care of all drivers that use the 
> cfg80211_sched_scan_request struct;
> 
Both applied.

johannes