On , Johannes Berg wrote: > On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 14:02 -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote: >> 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> > > Ack, thanks for the update. > >> --- >> >> 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 > > Do we want this for -stable then? It will be great if this can make it into 2.6.25. Users who want to use their DLink N band APs will appreciate it. I am not sure about the status of submissions to it though as we are cutting it pretty close. Reinette -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
