From: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] mac80211: implement basic background scanning
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:48:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200907231248.36825.helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1248345547.19121.23.camel@johannes.local>
Am Donnerstag, 23. Juli 2009 schrieb Johannes Berg:
> On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 12:14 +0200, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> > Introduce a new scan flag "SCAN_BG_SCANNING" which basically tells us
> > that we are currently scanning but may as well be on the operating channel
> > to RX/TX data whereas "SCAN_SW_SCANNING" tells us that we are currently
> > on a different channel for scanning. While "SCAN_BG_SCANNING" is set
> > during the whole scan "SCAN_SW_SCANNING" is set when leaving the operating
> > channel and unset when coming back.
>
> I think you got that description wrong :)
Argh, yes. Should I respin the whole series?
> > + * @SCAN_SW_SCANNING: We're currently in the process of scanning but may as
> > + * well be on the operating channel
> > + * @SCAN_HW_SCANNING: The hardware is scanning for us, we have no way to
> > + * determine if we are on the operating channel or not
> > + * @SCAN_OFF_CHANNEL: We're off our operating channel for scanning,
> > + * gets only set in conjunction with SCAN_SW_SCANNING
>
> johannes
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-23 10:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-23 10:13 [PATCH 0/7] implement background scan Helmut Schaa
2009-07-23 10:13 ` [PATCH 1/7] mac80211: refactor the scan code Helmut Schaa
2009-07-23 10:36 ` Johannes Berg
2009-07-23 10:13 ` [PATCH 2/7] mac80211: advance the state machine immediately if no delay is needed Helmut Schaa
2009-07-23 10:36 ` Johannes Berg
2009-07-23 10:13 ` [PATCH 3/7] mac80211: introduce a new scan state "decision" Helmut Schaa
2009-07-23 10:37 ` Johannes Berg
2009-07-23 10:14 ` [PATCH 4/7] mac80211: Replace {sw, hw}_scanning variables with a bitfield Helmut Schaa
2009-07-23 10:38 ` Johannes Berg
2009-07-23 10:46 ` Helmut Schaa
2009-07-23 10:48 ` Johannes Berg
2009-07-23 10:14 ` [PATCH 5/7] mac80211: implement basic background scanning Helmut Schaa
2009-07-23 10:39 ` Johannes Berg
2009-07-23 10:48 ` Helmut Schaa [this message]
2009-07-23 10:59 ` Johannes Berg
2009-07-23 11:18 ` [PATCH v2 " Helmut Schaa
2009-07-23 10:14 ` [PATCH 6/7] mac80211: rename scan_state to next_scan_state Helmut Schaa
2009-07-23 10:39 ` Johannes Berg
2009-07-23 10:14 ` [PATCH 7/7] cfg80211: increase scan result expire time Helmut Schaa
2009-07-23 10:39 ` Johannes Berg
2009-07-23 10:50 ` Helmut Schaa
2009-07-23 11:00 ` Johannes Berg
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