From: Abhijeet Kolekar <abhijeet.kolekar@xxxxxxxxx>
There are two structures named wmm_info and wmm_param, they are used while
parsing the beacon frame. (Check the function ieee802_11_parse_elems).
Certain APs like D-link does not set the fifth bit in WMM IE.
While sending the association request to n-only ap it checks for wmm_ie.
If it is set then only ieee80211_ht_cap is sent during association request.
So n-only association fails.
And this patch fixes this problem by copying the wmm_info to wmm_ie,
which enables the "wmm" flag in iee80211_send_assoc.
Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Kolekar <abhijeet.kolekar@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@xxxxxxxxx>
---
This problem is also present in 2.6.25. This patch does apply to
2.6.25-rc9 after changing the filename to be patched to ieee80211_sta.c
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index e3f2cb0..4e4b704 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -2668,7 +2668,26 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct net_device *dev,
bss->wmm_ie_len = elems.wmm_param_len + 2;
} else
bss->wmm_ie_len = 0;
- } else if (!elems.wmm_param && bss->wmm_ie) {
+ } else if (elems.wmm_info &&
+ (!bss->wmm_ie || bss->wmm_ie_len != elems.wmm_info_len ||
+ memcmp(bss->wmm_ie, elems.wmm_info, elems.wmm_info_len))) {
+ /* As for certain AP's Fifth bit is not set in WMM IE in
+ * beacon frames.So while parsing the beacon frame the
+ * wmm_info structure is used instead of wmm_param.
+ * wmm_info structure was never used to set bss->wmm_ie.
+ * This code fixes this problem by copying the WME
+ * information from wmm_info to bss->wmm_ie and enabling
+ * n-band association.
+ */
+ kfree(bss->wmm_ie);
+ bss->wmm_ie = kmalloc(elems.wmm_info_len + 2, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (bss->wmm_ie) {
+ memcpy(bss->wmm_ie, elems.wmm_info - 2,
+ elems.wmm_info_len + 2);
+ bss->wmm_ie_len = elems.wmm_info_len + 2;
+ } else
+ bss->wmm_ie_len = 0;
+ } else if (!elems.wmm_param && !elems.wmm_info && bss->wmm_ie) {
kfree(bss->wmm_ie);
bss->wmm_ie = NULL;
bss->wmm_ie_len = 0;
--
1.5.3.4
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