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From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:30:04 -0700
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Subject: Re: [RFC/RFT 4/5] mac80211: Replace {sw,hw}_scanning variables with a
	bitfield
To: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
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On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 2:08 AM, Helmut
Schaa<helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Use a bitfield to store the current scan mode instead of two boolean
> variables {sw,hw}_scanning. This patch does not introduce functional
> changes.
>

> +enum mac80211_scan_flag {
> +       SCAN_SW_SCANNING = 1,
> +       SCAN_HW_SCANNING = 2,
> +};
> +

But why is that needed? The commit log doesn't state that. We won't
use both at the same time.

  Luis