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Date:      Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:13:08 -0800
From:      Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
To:        Dan Swartzendruber <dswartz@druber.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 'ifconfig ath0 scan' hangs under 6.0-STABLE (resolved?)
Message-ID:  <43E10844.50603@errno.com>
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20060201131645.01ce5cb0@127.0.0.1>
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Dan Swartzendruber wrote:
> 
> Poking through ieee80211_ioctl.c in the kernel, I see this:
> 
>         case IEEE80211_IOC_SCAN_REQ:
>                 if (ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP)        /* XXX 
> ignore */
>                         break;
>                 error = ieee80211_setupscan(ic, ic->ic_chan_avail);
>                 if (error == 0)         /* XXX background scan */
>                         error = ieee80211_new_state(ic, 
> IEEE80211_S_SCAN, -1);
>                 break;
> 
> So, it looks like if you're in hostap mode, it just ignores the 
> request?  Unfortunately, the ifconfig code is looping waiting for a 
> response.    Oh well...

Yes this is a continuation of previous policy.  I'll change it to return 
an error so ifconfig won't hang waiting for the scan complete notification.

	Sam
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