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iwlwifi: support truly passive scanning

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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>
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Johannes Berg 2009-04-20 14:36:57 -07:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 1ecf9fc131
commit b097ad2975
2 changed files with 12 additions and 2 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c
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@ -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.

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drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
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@ -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");