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Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: mvm: don't filter out the first beacon

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On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 01:37:18PM +0300, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> From: Avri Altman <avri.altman@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Enabling beacon filtering should be done only after a beacon
> has been received. Doing that too early will cause
> disconnections.
> This has already been fixed, but the fix didn't take care
> about the case where the beacon is received after the
> association, it waited only for association which is not
> enough.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Avri Altman <avri.altman@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c | 13 +++---
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h      |  5 ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/power.c    | 63 +++++++++--------------------
>  3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

It is very late in the release cycle for a fix of this size.
How serious is the issue?  A random disconnect doesn't seem like a
huge problem so long as it isn't common...?

John
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