netdev - RE: [PATCH v2] mwifiex: advertise low priority scan feature

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Message-ID: <d9cefd7c8cfc4f66a767ccd7e9889a9f@SC-EXCH04.marvell.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:00:22 +0000
From:	Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>
To:	Wei-Ning Huang <wnhuang@...omium.org>,
	Linux Wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"djkurtz@...omium.org" <djkurtz@...omium.org>,
	Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
	"kvalo@...eaurora.org" <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] mwifiex: advertise low priority scan feature

> From: Wei-Ning Huang [mailto:wnhuang@...omium.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 9:40 AM
> To: Linux Wireless
> Cc: LKML; Amitkumar Karwar; djkurtz@...omium.org; Wei-Ning Huang;
> Nishant Sarmukadam; kvalo@...eaurora.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH v2] mwifiex: advertise low priority scan feature
> 
> From: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>
> 
> Low priority scan handling code which delays or aborts scan operation
> based on Tx traffic is removed recently. The reason is firmware already
> takes care of it in our new feature scan channel gap. Hence we should
> advertise low priority scan support to cfg80211.
> 
> This patch fixes a problem in which OBSS scan request from
> wpa_supplicant was being rejected by cfg80211.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wei-Ning Huang <wnhuang@...omium.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> index bb7235e..7dafc5b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> @@ -4086,6 +4086,7 @@ int mwifiex_register_cfg80211(struct
> mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
> 
>  	wiphy->features |= NL80211_FEATURE_HT_IBSS |
>  			   NL80211_FEATURE_INACTIVITY_TIMER |
> +			   NL80211_FEATURE_LOW_PRIORITY_SCAN |
>  			   NL80211_FEATURE_NEED_OBSS_SCAN;
> 
>  	if (ISSUPP_TDLS_ENABLED(adapter->fw_cap_info))
> --
> 2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020

Acked-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>

Regards,
Amitkumar