Re: [PATCH 1/2] auto-t: remove scanning wait from testConnectAutoconnect

[Kourt, Tim A <tim.a.kourt@linux.intel.com>]

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Hi James,

>>> -        condition = 'obj.scanning'
>>> -        wd.wait_for_object_condition(device, condition)
>>> -
>> What if the scan has never started yet? Since iwd is started from
>> Python, it looks suspicious that it goes through the scan before it hits
>> the conditional wait a few lines down the script. Perhaps changing to
>> wd.list_devices(1) API has introduced this issue. Would it help to
>> increase the conditional wait time out so it goes into the second round
>> of scans for these certain cases?
> I can try increasing the timeout, but I think relying on periodic
> scans for this autotest isn't the best way to go about it. I will try
> explicitly scanning via dbus, otherwise you are just hoping that a
> periodic scan was started. This timing will vary slightly between
> systems which is why I think I am hitting this.
The purpose of this autotest and of the one with the hidden networks is 
to exercise auto-connection without an explicit call from Dbus 
(different code paths).