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Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/scan.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/scan.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c index 5030a3c8750..46f35dc6acc 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/scan.c +++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c @@ -409,6 +409,19 @@ int ieee80211_start_scan(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *scan_sdata, return 0; } + /* + * Hardware/driver doesn't support hw_scan, so use software + * scanning instead. First send a nullfunc frame with power save + * bit on so that AP will buffer the frames for us while we are not + * listening, then send probe requests to each channel and wait for + * the responses. After all channels are scanned, tune back to the + * original channel and send a nullfunc frame with power save bit + * off to trigger the AP to send us all the buffered frames. + * + * Note that while local->sw_scanning is true everything else but + * nullfunc frames and probe requests will be dropped in + * ieee80211_tx_h_check_assoc(). + */ local->sw_scanning = true; if (local->ops->sw_scan_start) local->ops->sw_scan_start(local_to_hw(local)); |