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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:36:14 -0600 From: Larry Finger <larry.finger@...inger.net> To: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...izon.net> CC: bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...e.cz>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ivo Van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] bcm43xx: set channel when the interface is brought up Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 25 January 2007 07:50, Jiri Benc wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:47:08 +0100, Ivo Van Doorn wrote: >>> Correct, similar problems have been detected in rt2x00. The temporary >>> solution in there is to demand a scanning operation after the >>> interface has been brought up. >> Scanning? No no no, please! That would be a clear bug and misbehaviour. >> >> Jiri > > Oh? I'm sitting here watching the tty0 screen of my lappy after x has > been started, and I have established a connection, but SoftMAC is still > logging its scan activity, starting with channel 1 and scanning 14 > channels. Its doing this at approximately 2 minute intervals. So I > think we have your definition of a clear bug and misbehaviour. > Are you running NetworkManager? If so, that is the source of the scanning. Larry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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