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Re: [PATCH v2] iwlwifi: Make injection of non-broadcast frames work again

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On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 11:44 -0700, Gábor Stefanik wrote:
> Commit 1ccb84d87d04df3c76cd4352fe69786d8c7cf016 by Wey-Yi Guy
> ("iwlwifi: clean up unused NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR for Monitor mode")
> broke injection of non-broadcast frames to unassociated stations
> (causing a SYSASSERT for all such injected frames), due to injected
> frames no longer automatically getting a broadcast station ID assigned.
> This patch restores the old behavior, fixing the aforementioned
> regression.
> 
> Also, consistently check for IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED instead of
> iwl_is_monitor_mode in the TX path, as TX_CTL_INJECTED specifically
> means that a given packet is coming from a monitor interface, while
> iwl_is_monitor_mode only shows whether a monitor interface exists
> on the device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>

Thank you

Reinette


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