From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:64802 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759083Ab0JFRw2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:52:28 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] iwlwifi: schedule to deprecate software scan support From: "Guy, Wey-Yi" To: "John W. Linville" Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" In-Reply-To: <20101006173609.GH2472@tuxdriver.com> References: <1286378593-7509-1-git-send-email-wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> <1286378593-7509-2-git-send-email-wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> <20101006173609.GH2472@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:51:40 -0700 Message-Id: <1286387500.12594.24.camel@wwguy-ubuntu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 10:36 -0700, John W. Linville wrote: > 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 > > 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? > The current HW scan implementation was improve a lot and sw scan will cause problem, especially once we introduce P2P. Wey