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    wcn36xx: Add hardware scan offload support · 2f3bef4b
    Loic Poulain authored
    Current hw_scan implementation does not trigger offloaded
    hardware scan and seems to only put the device in a kind of
    listening mode (beacon/probe-response) for software scan.
    Since no probe request are generated by the software, current
    scanning method is similar to a passive scan.
    
    This patch introduces support for 'true' hardware offloaded scan.
    Hardware scan is configured and started via the start-scan-offload
    firmware message. Once scan has been completed a scan indicator
    message is received from firmware.
    
    Moreover, this patch includes support for directed probe-request,
    allowing connection with hidden APs. It also fixes scan issues with
    band-steering AP which are not 'visible' with passive scan (due to
    hidden ssid in beacons).
    
    Let's keep the 'legacy' scanning method in case scan-offload is not
    supported.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLoic Poulain <loic.poulain@linaro.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
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