#646: r1590 - scan results delayed to wpa_supplicant v0.4.7
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: madwifi: 802.11 stack | Version: trunk
Keywords: | Patch_attached: 0
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I just started working with madwifi a few weeks ago... my environment
is as follows:
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* AMD Geode processor running on a Pepper prototype system
* Distribution: Pepper / FC4-based
* Kernel: 2.6.12 w/AMD Geode specific patches
* Wireless Extensions v17
* WiFi Hw: mini-PCI b/g card using an AR2413 chip ( PCI Device ID: 0x001a
)
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We use a modified version of wpa_supplicant 0.4.7 and control scanning and
association by dynamically creating and enabling networks via
wpa_supplicant's control interface.
Most things worked great with r1500, however when I moved up to r1590,
when wpa_supplicant scans ( via a SIOCSIWSCAN ), it times out after ~30
seconds. After the timeout, the code tries to retrieve the scan results
anyways and succeeds, however 30 seconds is a long time to wait. Note -
wpa_supplicant was built against the r1590 of madwifi.
When this same scenario is run with r1500, the scan results are returned
to wpa_supplicant within ~2 seconds.
One more note, this behavior only shows up with wpa_supplicant. If I
disable it on boot, and then run 'iwlist <intf> scan', results appear
immediately for both r1500 and r1590.
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/646>
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