Scanning all 5Ghz channels with AC NIC.

[Ben Greear]

I notice this issue while trying to scan specific channels with
an ath10k NIC.

If I configure supplicant to use a specific freq list, it will fail:

1395683887.458813: nl80211: Scan frequency 5170 MHz
1395683887.458823: nl80211: Scan frequency 5180 MHz
1395683887.458829: nl80211: Scan frequency 5190 MHz
1395683887.458834: nl80211: Scan frequency 5200 MHz
1395683887.458840: nl80211: Scan frequency 5210 MHz
1395683887.458845: nl80211: Scan frequency 5220 MHz
1395683887.458850: nl80211: Scan frequency 5230 MHz
1395683887.458855: nl80211: Scan frequency 5240 MHz
1395683887.458861: nl80211: Scan frequency 5260 MHz
1395683887.458866: nl80211: Scan frequency 5280 MHz
1395683887.458871: nl80211: Scan frequency 5300 MHz
1395683887.458876: nl80211: Scan frequency 5320 MHz
1395683887.458881: nl80211: Scan frequency 5500 MHz
1395683887.458886: nl80211: Scan frequency 5520 MHz
1395683887.458890: nl80211: Scan frequency 5540 MHz
1395683887.458895: nl80211: Scan frequency 5560 MHz
1395683887.458900: nl80211: Scan frequency 5580 MHz
1395683887.458905: nl80211: Scan frequency 5600 MHz
1395683887.458911: nl80211: Scan frequency 5580 MHz
1395683887.458916: nl80211: Scan frequency 5600 MHz
1395683887.458921: nl80211: Scan frequency 5620 MHz
1395683887.458926: nl80211: Scan frequency 5640 MHz
1395683887.458931: nl80211: Scan frequency 5660 MHz
1395683887.458936: nl80211: Scan frequency 5620 MHz
1395683887.458942: nl80211: Scan frequency 5640 MHz
1395683887.458947: nl80211: Scan frequency 5660 MHz
1395683887.458952: nl80211: Scan frequency 5680 MHz
1395683887.458957: nl80211: Scan frequency 5700 MHz
1395683887.458962: nl80211: Scan frequency 5745 MHz
1395683887.458987: nl80211: Scan frequency 5645 MHz
1395683887.458996: nl80211: Scan frequency 5785 MHz
1395683887.459001: nl80211: Scan frequency 5805 MHz
1395683887.459005: nl80211: Scan frequency 5825 MHz
1395683887.459040: nl80211: Scan trigger failed: ret=-22 (Invalid argument)


A standard scan seems to use only a subset of these channels.
But, wouldn't that make us miss scanning for some /a or /n APs
out there?

[root at ct521-FCFC ~]# iw event
wlan0 (phy #1): scan started
wlan0 (phy #1): scan finished: 2412 2417 2422 2427 2432 2437 2442 2447 2452 2457 2462 5180 5200 5220 5240 5260 5280 5300 5320 5745 5765 5785 5805 5825, ""


Any idea if this is a bug in my config/assumptions, ath10k, or supplicant?

Thanks,
Ben


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