When connecting to an ESSID manually, we may not set the BSSID, and thus wdev->wext.connect.bssid will be NULL. wdev->current_bss is always updated when a connection is established so we should check it first. Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <samuel.ortiz@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/wext-compat.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: iwm-2.6/net/wireless/wext-compat.c =================================================================== --- iwm-2.6.orig/net/wireless/wext-compat.c 2009-07-03 01:40:09.000000000 +0200 +++ iwm-2.6/net/wireless/wext-compat.c 2009-07-03 01:40:18.000000000 +0200 @@ -1137,8 +1137,11 @@ int cfg80211_wext_giwrate(struct net_dev if (!rdev->ops->get_station) return -EOPNOTSUPP; - addr = wdev->wext.connect.bssid; - if (!addr) + if (wdev->current_bss) + addr = wdev->current_bss->bssid; + else if (wdev->wext.connect.bssid) + addr = wdev->wext.connect.bssid; + else return -ENOTSUPP; err = rdev->ops->get_station(&rdev->wiphy, dev, addr, &sinfo); -- Intel Open Source Technology Centre http://oss.intel.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Corporation SAS (French simplified joint stock company) Registered headquarters: "Les Montalets"- 2, rue de Paris, 92196 Meudon Cedex, France Registration Number: 302 456 199 R.C.S. NANTERRE Capital: 4,572,000 Euros This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -- 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