On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 11:30:17PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 14:25 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> > Jean,
> >
> > Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > SoftMAC output the channel twice in the scan output. It should
> > > display frequency and channel, but only once for each.
> > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > > Cell 02 - Address: A2:00:04:XX:XX:XX
> > > ESSID:"TheESSID"
> > > Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
> > > Mode:Ad-Hoc
> > > -> Channel:5
> > > -> Frequency:2.432 GHz (Channel 5)
> >
> > The frequency output is needed by NetworkManager, which is why I added it.
> > At that time, I thought
> > that some tool or other might be scanning the output looking for
> > "Channel:", not "Channel ";
> > therefore I left both in. If we are sure that removing the channel-only
> > line will not break
> > something, I'll be happy to send your patch upstream.
>
> Should fix NM, really, to deal with either channel or frequency and
> handle each as appropriate.
>
> Dan
Well, I actually like forcing driver to use frequency, because
that's an absolute physical measure and contains more meaning.
Regards,
Jean
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