From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:37338 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751569AbXGLDcb (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:32:31 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] SoftMAC : fix duplicate display of channel in scan From: Dan Williams To: Larry Finger Cc: jt@hpl.hp.com, Michael Buesch , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4693DD18.1010905@lwfinger.net> References: <20070710184155.GA6955@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <4693DD18.1010905@lwfinger.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:30:17 -0400 Message-Id: <1184211018.9446.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 14:25 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > Jean, > > Jean Tourrilhes wrote: > > Hi, > > > > SoftMAC output the channel twice in the scan output. It should > > display frequency and channel, but only once for each. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Cell 02 - Address: A2:00:04:XX:XX:XX > > ESSID:"TheESSID" > > Protocol:IEEE 802.11b > > Mode:Ad-Hoc > > -> Channel:5 > > -> Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5) > > The frequency output is needed by NetworkManager, which is why I added it. At that time, I thought > that some tool or other might be scanning the output looking for "Channel:", not "Channel "; > therefore I left both in. If we are sure that removing the channel-only line will not break > something, I'll be happy to send your patch upstream. Should fix NM, really, to deal with either channel or frequency and handle each as appropriate. Dan > Larry > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html