From: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
To: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] iwlwifi: schedule to deprecate software scan support
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:36:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101006173609.GH2472@tuxdriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1286378593-7509-2-git-send-email-wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 08:23:08AM -0700, Wey-Yi Guy wrote:
> Hardware scan is the prefer method for all iwlwifi devices;
> especially for dual-mode functions. Schedule to deprecate the
> software scan support in kernel 2.6.40
>
> Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Hmmm...perhaps you have more confidence in this than I do?
My experience suggests that hardware scanning has been the source of
a number of problems and having the option to turn it off has provided
a useful workaround for any number of users.
Anyone else have heartburn over this one?
John
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-06 17:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-06 15:23 [PATCH 0/6] update for 2.6.37 Wey-Yi Guy
2010-10-06 15:23 ` [PATCH 1/6] iwlwifi: schedule to deprecate software scan support Wey-Yi Guy
2010-10-06 17:36 ` John W. Linville [this message]
2010-10-06 17:48 ` Johannes Berg
2010-10-06 17:51 ` Guy, Wey-Yi
2010-10-06 19:03 ` John W. Linville
2010-10-06 19:43 ` Guy, Wey-Yi
2010-10-07 8:39 ` Johannes Berg
2010-10-07 18:04 ` John W. Linville
2010-10-07 18:31 ` [ipw3945-devel] " Daniel Halperin
2010-10-07 18:36 ` Johannes Berg
2010-10-06 15:23 ` [PATCH 2/6] iwlagn: reduce redundant parameter definitions Wey-Yi Guy
2010-10-06 15:23 ` [PATCH 3/6] iwlagn: rename iwl5000_tx_power_dbm_cmd Wey-Yi Guy
2010-10-06 15:23 ` [PATCH 4/6] iwlwifi: remove uncorrect comments Wey-Yi Guy
2010-10-06 15:23 ` [PATCH 5/6] iwlagn: rename iwl5000_tx_resp Wey-Yi Guy
2010-10-06 15:23 ` [PATCH 6/6] iwlagn: define 130 series of WiFi/BT combo devices Wey-Yi Guy
2010-10-06 23:28 ` Julian Calaby
2010-10-06 23:32 ` Guy, Wey-Yi
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