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Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:18:14 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: add support for scanning in ap mode
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
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Thanks for your feedback. Can you suggest a better way to do this?

Bests
Nick

On 1/10/23 12:07, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-01-10 at 12:05 +0100, Nick Hainke wrote:
>> OpenWRT has shipped a patch since 2011 that allows it to perform a scan
>> in AP mode, whether it is supported by the driver or not. In certain
>> situations, it may be desirable to scan an interface that is currently
>> in AP mode regardless of whether frames are missed. The patch adds a
>> module parameter "allow_ap_scan" that, if set to true, allows the behavior
>> described above.
>>
> I must say - not really in favour of throwing around random module
> parameters like that :)
>
> johannes