No networks enabled - do not scan
Dan Williams
dcbw
Mon Dec 18 14:42:37 PST 2006
This particular hunk [1] in wpa_supplicant presents a problem for
NetworkManager... First, NM must ask for scan results before it can tell
wpa_supplicant which network to use, of course, but wpa_supplicant
doesn't scan until it's told which network to use. We lose.
This appears to work on the first scan request, because wpa_supplicant
does an initial scan automatically. But thereafter, it does not scan
unless there's a configured network. I understand why this is desirable
for standalone wpa_supplicant, but it certainly won't work with
NetworkManager.
Thoughts?
Dan
[1] wpa_supplicant.c:wpa_supplicant_scan, ~ line 1008
if (wpa_s->disconnected)
return;
enabled = 0;
ssid = wpa_s->conf->ssid;
while (ssid) {
if (!ssid->disabled) {
enabled++;
break;
}
ssid = ssid->next;
}
if (!enabled && !wpa_s->scan_req) {
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "No enabled networks - do not scan");
wpa_supplicant_set_state(wpa_s, WPA_INACTIVE);
return;
}
scan_req = wpa_s->scan_req;
wpa_s->scan_req = 0;
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