This is a port of commit 91ed19f5f66a7fe544f0ec385e981f43491d1d5a for 2.6.29. Without this after scanning your device will set the association ID to something bogus and what is being reported is multicast/broadcast frame are not being received. For details see this bug report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498502 >From the original commit: So that a new created IBSS network doesn't break on the first scan. It seems to Sujith and me that this stupid code unnecessary, too. So remove it... Reported-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alina Friedrichsen <x-alina@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <Jouni.Malinen@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c | 5 ----- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c index 3c04044..1cc826b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c @@ -2300,11 +2300,6 @@ static void ath9k_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, rfilt = ath_calcrxfilter(sc); ath9k_hw_setrxfilter(sc->sc_ah, rfilt); - if (changed_flags & FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC) { - if (*total_flags & FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC) - ath9k_hw_write_associd(sc->sc_ah, ath_bcast_mac, 0); - } - DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DBG_CONFIG, "Set HW RX filter: 0x%x\n", sc->rx.rxfilter); } -- 1.6.2.2.446.gfbdc0 -- 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
