Re: [PATCH] nl80211: clarify NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY usage with net-detect

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

On Mon, 2015-11-09 at 12:11 +0200, Luca Coelho wrote:
> From: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
> 
> In this attribute's documentation, it was not clear whether the delay
> started counting when WoWLAN net-detect was enabled or when the
> system
> was suspended.  The correct answer is that it starts when the system
> suspends (which is when, in practice, the scan is
> scheduled).  Clarify
> that in the nl80211.h documentation.
> 
> Suggested-by: Samuel Tan <samueltan@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
> b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
> index 1f0b4cf..ea24d66 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
> @@ -1764,8 +1764,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
>   *	over all channels.
>   *
>   * @NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY: delay before the first cycle of a
> - *	scheduled scan (or a WoWLAN net-detect scan) is started,
> u32
> - *	in seconds.
> + *	scheduled scan is started.  Or the dealy before a WoWLAN
> + *	net-detect scan is started, counting from the moment the
> + *	system is suspended.  This value is a u32, in seconds.
> 
delay :)

johannes