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Re: [PATCH] rtl8187: always set MSR_LINK_ENEDCA flag with RTL8187B

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Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski wrote:
> RTL8187B always needs MSR_LINK_ENEDCA flag to be set even when it is in
> no link mode, otherwise it'll not be able to associate when this flag is
> not set after the change "mac80211: fix managed mode BSSID handling"
> (commit 9cef8737).
> 
> By accident, setting BSSID of AP before association makes 8187B to
> successfuly associate even when ENEDCA flag isn't set, which was the
> case before the mac80211 change. But now the BSSID of AP we are trying
> to associate is only available after association is successful, and
> any attempt to associate without the needed flag doesn't work.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

I had just finished bisecting the problem reported in Bug #13960 when
this patch from Herton appeared in my mailbox, and it fixed the problem.

Larry
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