[PATCH v2 1/2] nl80211: set NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_COLOCATED_6GHZ in scan

Peer, Ilan ilan.peer at intel.com
Sat Apr 9 23:51:56 PDT 2022


Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2022 17:16
> To: Peer, Ilan <ilan.peer at intel.com>; Johannes Berg
> <johannes at sipsolutions.net>; hostap at lists.infradead.org
> Cc: Mussai, Tova <tova.mussai at intel.com>; Otcheretianski, Andrei
> <andrei.otcheretianski at intel.com>; Stern, Avraham
> <avraham.stern at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] nl80211: set
> NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_COLOCATED_6GHZ in scan
> 
> On 4/6/22 11:39 PM, Peer, Ilan wrote:

> > I do not see a real reason for this other than for testing purposes. The
> IEEE802.11 specification direction for discovery on non PSC channels is such
> that these channels should be scanned only if there is some other indication
> that there are APs operating on these channels.
> 
> I am all about testing purposes!
> 
> I think it should be allowed to be disabled in case this feature causes other
> regressions, but fine to default it to enabled if you think that is a good idea.
> 

I've send a new patch set that also includes a configuration option to disable non collocated 6GHz scanning.

BTW, did you try testing the previous version?

Regards,

Ilan.


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