[PATCH] supplicant: Allow simple bgscan to do btm queries.

[Ben Greear]

On 11/5/23 09:55, Jouni Malinen wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 04:54:01PM -0700, greearb at candelatech.com wrote:
>> Allow doing X bss_transition_mgmt_query calls before falling back to
>> scan.
>>
>> Example format to do 4 btm before attempting a scan: bgscan="simple:30:-65:300:4"
> 
>> diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/bgscan_simple.c b/wpa_supplicant/bgscan_simple.c
>> @@ -36,6 +40,22 @@ static void bgscan_simple_timeout(void *eloop_ctx, void *timeout_ctx)
>> +	if (data->use_wnm_query && !wpa_s->conf->disable_btm) {
> 
> wnm_query is a misleading name since WNM includes much more than just
> BTM.. btm_query would be clearer.
> 
> This should check whether the current AP supports BTM before deciding to
> use BTM queries instead of scans.

Any hints on how to tell if AP supports BTM or not?  I didn't see anything
obvious when digging through the code.

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com