#8667 HIGH 8.2.1: wpa_supplicant generates many redundant scan requests before associating

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#8667: wpa_supplicant generates many redundant scan requests before associating
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   Reporter:  jcardona  |       Owner:  dsaxena      
       Type:  defect    |      Status:  new          
   Priority:  high      |   Milestone:  8.2.1        
  Component:  wireless  |     Version:  not specified
 Resolution:            |    Keywords:               
Next_action:  package   |    Verified:  0            
  Blockedby:            |    Blocking:               
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Comment(by carrano):

 As suggested by Michail, I repeated the tests described
 [http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8667#comment:9 above here] with mesh
 disabled:

 {{{
 echo 0 > /sys/class/net/eth1/lbs_mesh
 }}}

 The repeatable results are:
  * Association still fails as in the previous test, only this time it
 keeps trying longer (see assoc-fail-nomesh attached file)
  * Scanning after the failed assoc will also fail, but only if performed
 immediately after the failed association attempt.
  * Scanning will not fail two times in a row. (but they are being
 performed with intervals longer than 20 seconds)
  * All the times scanning fails, the first line of dmesg output will be
 (see fails logs in scan.nomesh.tgz):
 {{{
 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8667#comment:13>
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