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Johannes Berg 30b89b0f5e mac80211: rework scanning to account for probe response/beacon difference
This patch reworks the scanning code (ieee80211_rx_bss_info) to take
more parameters from beacons and keep a BSS info structure alive when
only beacons for it are received. This fixes a problem with iwlwifi
drivers (where we don't understand the root cause of the problem yet)
and another driver for some broken hardware (which cannot send probe
requests unless associated, so can't always actively scan.)

Signed-off-by: Bill Moss <bmoss@clemson.edu>
[jmberg: reformatted comments, make probe_resp a bool]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-04-16 16:00:03 -04:00
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9p Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-04-03 14:33:42 -07:00
802
8021q [VLAN]: Handle vlan devices net namespace changing. 2008-04-16 00:57:01 -07:00
appletalk
atm Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-04-14 02:30:23 -07:00
ax25 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-04-14 02:30:23 -07:00
bluetooth
bridge Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-2.6.26 2008-04-14 03:50:43 -07:00
can CAN: use hrtimers in can-bcm protocol 2008-04-15 19:29:14 -07:00
core [NET]: Do not allocate unneeded memory for dev->priv alignment. 2008-04-16 02:17:42 -07:00
dccp [DCCP]: Fix comment about control sockets. 2008-04-14 02:38:45 -07:00
decnet
econet
ethernet [NET]: Return more appropriate error from eth_validate_addr(). 2008-04-13 22:45:40 -07:00
ieee80211 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-04-14 02:30:23 -07:00
ipv4 [NETNS]: Add netns refcnt debug for inet bind buckets. 2008-04-16 02:01:11 -07:00
ipv6 [NETNS]: Add netns refcnt debug for dst ops. 2008-04-16 02:01:34 -07:00
ipx
irda [IRDA]: Remove irlan_eth_send_gratuitous_arp() 2008-04-15 00:29:24 -07:00
iucv iucv: Delay bus registration until core is ready. 2008-04-10 02:12:45 -07:00
key LSM: Make the Labeled IPsec hooks more stack friendly 2008-04-12 19:07:52 -07:00
lapb
llc
mac80211 mac80211: rework scanning to account for probe response/beacon difference 2008-04-16 16:00:03 -04:00
netfilter Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-2.6.26 2008-04-14 03:50:43 -07:00
netlabel
netlink
netrom
packet
rfkill
rose
rxrpc Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-04-03 14:33:42 -07:00
sched Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-04-14 02:30:23 -07:00
sctp Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-04-14 02:30:23 -07:00
sunrpc Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-04-03 14:33:42 -07:00
tipc [TIPC]: Enhance validation of format on incoming messages 2008-04-15 19:04:54 -07:00
unix [AF_UNIX]: Use SEQ_START_TOKEN 2008-04-12 19:04:38 -07:00
wanrouter
wireless Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-04-14 02:30:23 -07:00
x25
xfrm [XFRM]: Compilation warnings in xfrm_user.c. 2008-04-14 14:47:48 -07:00
compat.c
Kconfig
Makefile
nonet.c
socket.c
sysctl_net.c
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