Re: [PATCH wireless-next 3/4] wifi: brcmfmac: Improve the delay during scan
"Lin Ian (CSS ICW ENG WFS SW WFSW 1)" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.brcm80211,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless |
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On 6/4/2025 5:54 PM, Arend van Spriel wrote: > Caution: This e-mail originated outside Infineon Technologies. Please > be cautious when sharing information or opening attachments especially > from unknown senders. Refer to our intranet > guide<https://intranet-content.infineon.com/explore/aboutinfineon/rules/informationsecurity/ug/SocialEngineering/Pages/SocialEngineeringElements_en.aspx> > to help you identify Phishing email. > > > > On 6/4/2025 11:16 AM, Ian Lin wrote: >> From: Kurt Lee <[email protected]> >> >> wpa_supplicant sends NL80211_CMD_GET_SURVEY command every time after >> normal scan, which causes brcmfmac surveying each channel again. >> Currently brcmfmac implments brcmf_cfg80211_dump_survey focusing on AP >> mode, thus this change will return the request other than AP mode. > > I am not sure if the driver should make this kind of decision. If > wpa_supplicant wants to invoke a survey after a scan than we should > simply comply and give what wpa_supplicant what it requests for. If you > want to avoid the survey make it a configuration option in > wpa_supplicant.conf. > Got it, ya it's much reasonable to make decision in wpa_supplicant. We'll check what to do next. Please abandon the change for now, thank you. > Regards, > Arend > >> Signed-off-by: Kurt Lee <[email protected]> >> Signed-off-by: Ian Lin <[email protected]> >> --- >> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c | 3 +++ >> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+ Regards, Ian