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Commit 818965d3 authored by Jouni Malinen's avatar Jouni Malinen Committed by Johannes Berg
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cfg80211: Allow a scan request for a specific BSSID



This allows scans for a specific BSSID to be optimized by the user space
application by requesting the driver to set the Probe Request frame
BSSID field (Address 3) to the specified BSSID instead of the wildcard
BSSID. This prevents other APs from replying which reduces airtime need
and latency in getting the response from the target AP through.

This is an optimization and as such, it is acceptable for some of the
drivers not to support the mechanism. If not supported, the wildcard
BSSID will be used and more responses may be received.

Signed-off-by: default avatarJouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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