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Subject: Re: CFT/CFR, possible fix for ifconfig scan hang
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On 28.12.2010 01:24, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:

> I have a patch available which addresses both of the issues. It requests a 
> background scan by default and also honors the return value of 
> start_scan_locked():
> - for head
> http://techwires.net/~bschmidt/scan_hang_head.diff
> - for 8-stable/8.2-*:
> http://techwires.net/~bschmidt/scan_hang_stable.diff
> 
> Please test and let me know if it works, or not.

I'll try today evening with my urtw(4)/RELENG_8 where ifconfig wlan0 scan
hangs forever 100% of time.

Eugene Grosbein