netdev - Re: [PATCH 2.6] SoftMAC : fix duplicate display of channel in scan

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:30:17 -0400
From:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
To:	Larry Finger <larry.finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	jt@....hp.com, Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] SoftMAC : fix duplicate display of channel in scan

On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 14:25 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> Jean,
> 
> Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> > 	Hi,
> > 
> > 	SoftMAC output the channel twice in the scan output. It should
> > display frequency and channel, but only once for each.
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> >           Cell 02 - Address: A2:00:04:XX:XX:XX
> >                     ESSID:"TheESSID"
> >                     Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
> >                     Mode:Ad-Hoc
> > ->                  Channel:5
> > ->                  Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
> 
> The frequency output is needed by NetworkManager, which is why I added it. At that time, I thought 
> that some tool or other might be scanning the output looking for "Channel:", not "Channel "; 
> therefore I left both in. If we are sure that removing the channel-only line will not break 
> something, I'll be happy to send your patch upstream.

Should fix NM, really, to deal with either channel or frequency and
handle each as appropriate.

Dan

> Larry
> 
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