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iwlwifi: support truly passive scanning
authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:36:57 +0000 (14:36 -0700)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:57:18 +0000 (16:57 -0400)
If passive scanning is requested we should not ask the
microcode to do active scanning after detecting traffic
on a channel -- that should only be used when an active
scan is requested but some channels are marked passive.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c

index 9edcf8c76b2049ec17000a6e0829a507cdefd5fc..25311e1ceed7fad151752e56346af509aec223ea 100644 (file)
@@ -712,7 +712,12 @@ static void iwl_bg_request_scan(struct work_struct *data)
        } else if (priv->scan_bands & BIT(IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ)) {
                band = IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ;
                rate = IWL_RATE_6M_PLCP;
-               scan->good_CRC_th = IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH;
+               /*
+                * If active scaning is requested but a certain channel
+                * is marked passive, we can do active scanning if we
+                * detect transmissions.
+                */
+               scan->good_CRC_th = is_active ? IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH : 0;
 
                /* Force use of chains B and C (0x6) for scan Rx for 4965
                 * Avoid A (0x1) because of its off-channel reception on A-band.
index 4df9b4b5072a97a920d3157029b790e57d880a2f..c15d0cfb93bc1cfb570a1d6c0369c1fdda894a72 100644 (file)
@@ -3078,7 +3078,12 @@ static void iwl3945_bg_request_scan(struct work_struct *data)
                band = IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ;
        } else if (priv->scan_bands & BIT(IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ)) {
                scan->tx_cmd.rate = IWL_RATE_6M_PLCP;
-               scan->good_CRC_th = IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH;
+               /*
+                * If active scaning is requested but a certain channel
+                * is marked passive, we can do active scanning if we
+                * detect transmissions.
+                */
+               scan->good_CRC_th = is_active ? IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH : 0;
                band = IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ;
        } else {
                IWL_WARN(priv, "Invalid scan band count\n");