On 8 February 2015 at 11:57, Eliad Peller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 9:17 PM, Janusz Dziedzic > <[email protected]> wrote: >> BTW, what in case we will start AP on first interface (DFS channel), >> on second one we will try to connect to other AP. As I understand this >> correctly, second iface (STA iface) will not allow to scan (connect) >> ...? >> > right. > The rationale behind it that you must listen constantly to detect > radar events, which prevents scanning off-channel. > (i guess an exception for on-channel scanning can be added if needed, though) > Still I can image hw with hw_scan() support that could have dedicated "hw part" for scanning. So, driver should made this decision (allow or not) base on hw features.
BR Janusz >> Other case, what if we start DFS AP and allow to scan in AP mode (eg >> for ACS purpose, allow to choose better channel and do CSA ...)? > ditto. you just have to make sure you keep listening on the operating channel. > > Eliad. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
