[PATCH] wcn36xx: Fix software-driven scan

Kalle Valo kvalo at codeaurora.org
Tue Aug 18 02:15:27 EDT 2020


Loic Poulain <loic.poulain at linaro.org> writes:

> For software-driven scan, rely on mac80211 software scan instead
> of internal driver implementation. The internal implementation
> cause connection trouble since it keep the antenna busy during
> the entire scan duration, moreover it's only a passive scanning
> (no probe request). Therefore, let mac80211 manages sw scan.
>
> Note: we fallback to software scan if firmware does not report
> scan offload support or if we need to scan the 5Ghz band (currently
> not supported by the offload scan...).
>
> Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue at linaro.org>

What changed since v2? Please always include a changelog so that I don't
need to guess what you have changed in the patch. No need to resend, a
reply is enough.

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#changelog_missing

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