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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/mac80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 3b83a80..2c6f976 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -1330,11 +1330,14 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { * the scan state machine in stack. The scan must honour the channel * configuration done by the regulatory agent in the wiphy's * registered bands. The hardware (or the driver) needs to make sure - * that power save is disabled. When the scan finishes, - * ieee80211_scan_completed() must be called; note that it also must - * be called when the scan cannot finish because the hardware is - * turned off! Anything else is a bug! Returns a negative error code - * which will be seen in userspace. + * that power save is disabled. + * The @req ie/ie_len members are rewritten by mac80211 to contain the + * entire IEs after the SSID, so that drivers need not look at these + * at all but just send them after the SSID -- mac80211 includes the + * (extended) supported rates and HT information (where applicable). + * When the scan finishes, ieee80211_scan_completed() must be called; + * note that it also must be called when the scan cannot finish due to + * any error unless this callback returned a negative error code. * * @sw_scan_start: Notifier function that is called just before a software scan * is started. Can be NULL, if the driver doesn't need this notification. |
