From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: Network drivers that don't suspend on interface down Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:18:32 +0000 Message-ID: <20061221021832.GA723@srcf.ucam.org> References: <20061220042648.GA19814@srcf.ucam.org> <20061220144906.7863bcd3@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> <20061221011209.GA32625@srcf.ucam.org> <200612202105.31093.flamingice@sourmilk.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Stephen Hemminger , Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: Michael Wu Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200612202105.31093.flamingice@sourmilk.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 09:05:27PM -0500, Michael Wu wrote: > Softmac isn't the only wireless code that likes to be configured after going > up first. Configuring after the card goes up has generally been more > reliable, though that should not be necessary and is a bug IMHO. Ok, that's nice to know. > In order to scan, we need to have the radio on and we need to be able to send > and receive. What are you gonna turn off? The obvious route would be to power the card down, but come back up every two minutes to perform a scan, or if userspace explicitly requests one. Would this cause problems in some cases? -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org