netdev - Re: Please pull 'fixes-davem' branch of wireless-2.6

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:29:51 -0400
From:	Michael Wu <flamingice@...rmilk.net>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Please pull 'fixes-davem' branch of wireless-2.6

On Tuesday 16 October 2007 22:31:46 John W. Linville wrote:
> Bill Moss (1):
>       mac80211: honor IW_SCAN_THIS_ESSID in siwscan ioctl
>
Where did this patch come from? The original patch looked nothing like this, 
and this patch changes the behavior of siwscan incorrectly. If the interface 
is not STA, IBSS, or AP, scanning should not be permitted. This patch allows 
scanning on any interface if a SSID is specified. NACK.

-Michael Wu

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