[PATCH] Setting quality in scan results

[Matt Brown]

On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 18:53, Pavel Roskin wrote:

> Then you are trying to redefine Wireless Extensions.  I'm not against it,
> but such "activism" in drivers would be unhelpful.  What if Jean decides
> that "no quality data" is -1 rather than 0?
>
> <snip>
> 
> The problem is, the requirement to return quality data for the scan
> results is not just a bug in iwlist.  It's a limitation of the wireless
> extensions API.  Not using iwlist won't fix the API problem.  The
> application will need to know what each driver means when it returns the
> scan data.

OK. Thanks for taking the time to explain this to me, I'm only just
beginning to fully understand the intricacies of how the wireless
extensions work. I will concede to your experience and knowledge :)

Is there are wireless extensions list where a discussion such as this
would be better suited? From the wireless extensions page I see no
mention of such a place. 

Regards

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Matt Brown
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