Re: [PATCH 2.6] SoftMAC : fix duplicate display of channel in scan

[Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 11:30:17PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> 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

	Well, I actually like forcing driver to use frequency, because
that's an absolute physical measure and contains more meaning.
	Regards,

	Jean