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Date:      Mon, 1 Nov 2010 22:32:49 +0000
From:      Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>
To:        David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wpa_supplicant gets points for trying, I suppose....
Message-ID:  <AANLkTi=8FvPmT01zJSg6QQ4eiWsQXu9Q%2B-PUnNzZrgSr@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20101101222510.GY1506@albert.catwhisker.org>
References:  <20101101222510.GY1506@albert.catwhisker.org>

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On 11/1/10, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote:
> FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #31 r214621M
>
> Nov  1 15:09:40 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
> Nov  1 15:10:10 d130 last message repeated 3 times
> Nov  1 15:10:50 d130 last message repeated 4 times
> ...
> Nov  1 15:11:00 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
> Nov  1 15:11:10 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
> ...
> Nov  1 15:11:20 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
> Nov  1 15:11:30 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
> ...
> Nov  1 15:11:40 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
> ...
> Nov  1 15:11:50 d130 wpa_supplicant[569]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
> Nov  1 15:12:10 d130 last message repeated 2 times
> Nov  1 15:14:10 d130 last message repeated 12 times
>
> I have the switch on this laptop in position to disable the wireless
> device (iwn(4)).  Is there some way wpa_supplicant (or something) might
> be able to recognize that this is a pointless exercise?

Well iwn could bring device down when radio is turned off and
bring it up when radio is turned on ???
>
> I don't recall stable/8 doing this, though I could be wrong.



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