On Dec 25, 2007 6:23 AM, Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2007/12/25, bruno randolf <bruno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > seems ath5k likes to write some rate registers before vif is set up. i used
> > the following as a stopgap fix. johannes, do you have any advice how to
> > properly fix that?
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/hw.c
> > index f4478f6..2e9f5c5 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/hw.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/hw.c
> > @@ -510,6 +510,11 @@ static inline void ath5k_hw_write_rate_duration(struct
> > ath5k_hw *ah,
> > const struct ath5k_rate_table *rt;
> > unsigned int i;
> >
> > + if (sc->vif == NULL) {
> > + printk("*** sc->vif NULL\n");
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > /* Get rate table for the current operating mode */
> > rt = ath5k_hw_get_rate_table(ah,
> > driver_mode);
> >
Works for me. This patch is ugly, but:
Tested-By: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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