> > > > No, this typically cannot be fixed, and it doesn't really make sense. > > > > The NIC cannot possibly do two scans at a time since it has only a > > > > single radio resource :-) > > > > > > So why is the scan request not per phy then? And should mac address > > > even affect the ongoing scan? Can we simply change it with the scan > > > ongoing? > > > > There are things that affect the scan from the interface, e.g. > > capability overrides, (extended) capabilities, the MAC address is used > > unless randomization is requested, etc. > > > > But they shouldn't change due a mac address change? I wonder if we can > further relax the requirements to allow mac change if > NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_RANDOM_ADDR was used?
No, at least with HW scan that would completely confuse the driver - since from the driver's POV we'd remove the interface it's currently managing the scan for. johannes
