> Johannes, can you please take a look at this patch? The original code
> looks like a shortcut to start authentication/association when all the
> three parameters (BSSID/SSID/CHANNEL) are provided. But this is not
> sufficient in the case of associate with an 11N hidden SSID AP. The 11n
> and wmm information must be retrieved by an active probe request. Not
> doing so will cause the 11N AP refuse to associate with the client.
> > - if (!(ifsta->flags & (IEEE80211_STA_AUTO_SSID_SEL |
> > - IEEE80211_STA_AUTO_BSSID_SEL | IEEE80211_STA_AUTO_CHANNEL_SEL))) {
> > - ifsta->state = IEEE80211_AUTHENTICATE;
> > - ieee80211_sta_reset_auth(dev, ifsta);
> > - return 0;
> > - }
> > -
> > spin_lock_bh(&local->sta_bss_lock);
Well, I'm not sure I'm the right person to look at this, I'm very
unfamiliar with the code in question. For all I care we can put it in
and revert/fixup when we get bug reports from it.
johannes
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