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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:26:16 -0500 From: Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com> To: Larry Finger <larry.finger@...inger.net> Cc: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...izon.net>, 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 On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 09:36 -0600, Larry Finger wrote: > 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. Right; and NM scans at 2m intervals by default, unless you've clicked the menu (or a few other instances) where it will jump up to 20s and then back off to 2m again. dan > 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 - 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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