iwlwifi: use scan while idle

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As idle is just a deep powersave mode for
the device, it will easily scan while idle
since that turns off powersave.

This reduces the number of commands sent
to the device when scanning.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

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Johannes Berg 2012-03-15 13:26:51 -07:00 • committed by John W. Linville

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commit e561038237

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drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-mac80211.c

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drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c

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