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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c21
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
index 0500e8006a1..61cbf2ec0ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
@@ -4489,6 +4489,24 @@ static void ipw_rx_notification(struct ipw_priv *priv,
&& priv->status & STATUS_ASSOCIATED)
queue_delayed_work(priv->workqueue,
&priv->request_scan, HZ);
+
+ /* Send an empty event to user space.
+ * We don't send the received data on the event because
+ * it would require us to do complex transcoding, and
+ * we want to minimise the work done in the irq handler
+ * Use a request to extract the data.
+ * Also, we generate this even for any scan, regardless
+ * on how the scan was initiated. User space can just
+ * sync on periodic scan to get fresh data...
+ * Jean II */
+ if (x->status == SCAN_COMPLETED_STATUS_COMPLETE) {
+ union iwreq_data wrqu;
+
+ wrqu.data.length = 0;
+ wrqu.data.flags = 0;
+ wireless_send_event(priv->net_dev, SIOCGIWSCAN,
+ &wrqu, NULL);
+ }
break;
}
@@ -8379,7 +8397,8 @@ static int ipw_wx_get_range(struct net_device *dev,
/* Event capability (kernel + driver) */
range->event_capa[0] = (IW_EVENT_CAPA_K_0 |
IW_EVENT_CAPA_MASK(SIOCGIWTHRSPY) |
- IW_EVENT_CAPA_MASK(SIOCGIWAP));
+ IW_EVENT_CAPA_MASK(SIOCGIWAP) |
+ IW_EVENT_CAPA_MASK(SIOCGIWSCAN));
range->event_capa[1] = IW_EVENT_CAPA_K_1;
range->enc_capa = IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA | IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA2 |