Changing mode on an interface is not allowed if IBSS is disabled for the current channel. That restriction should only apply when switching to the ad-hoc mode, as it was prior to db17d8c4. Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/iface.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c index 5abbc3f..b907482 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/iface.c +++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c @@ -699,7 +699,8 @@ int ieee80211_if_change_type(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, return 0; /* Setting ad-hoc mode on non-IBSS channel is not supported. */ - if (sdata->local->oper_channel->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS) + if (sdata->local->oper_channel->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS && + type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) return -EOPNOTSUPP; /* -- 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
