netdev - Re: Wireless scanning while turning off the radio problem..

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Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 2015 06:40:18 +1200
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>
Cc:	Emmanuel Grumbach <egrumbach@...il.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Wireless List <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Wireless scanning while turning off the radio problem..

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 5:48 AM, Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com> wrote:
>
> So as you indicated you were in location where none of your configured
> networks were available. Flipping the rfkill switch in that situation is the
> way to trigger the issue.

So you certainly seem to be able to explain the behavior I saw under
the circumstances they happened.

I suspect the best thing to do is to just apply your patch. I may not
be able to really test it much for the next few days anyway. Emmanuel?

             Linus
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