From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([5.9.151.49]:56437 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754190AbcCCPLc (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2016 10:11:32 -0500 Message-ID: <1457017889.2044.18.camel@sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20160303_161136_409173_E7E8C936) Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] cfg80211: Allow a scan request for a specific BSSID From: Johannes Berg To: Jouni Malinen Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:11:29 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1456517569-27235-1-git-send-email-jouni@qca.qualcomm.com> References: <1456517569-27235-1-git-send-email-jouni@qca.qualcomm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 2016-02-26 at 22:12 +0200, Jouni Malinen wrote: > This allows scans for a specific BSSID to be optimized by the user > space > application by requesting the driver to set the Probe Request frame > BSSID field (Address 3) to the specified BSSID instead of the > wildcard > BSSID. This prevents other APs from replying which reduces airtime > need > and latency in getting the response from the target AP through. > > This is an optimization and as such, it is acceptable for some of the > drivers not to support the mechanism. If not supported, the wildcard > BSSID will be used and more responses may be received. > Applied all three. johannes