In AP mode, the only mode where the parameter is supposed to be valid, we never assign it! Fix that to allow drivers to avoid parsing the TIM IE for the value. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/cfg.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2010-02-05 11:42:12.000000000 +0100 +++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2010-02-05 11:42:27.000000000 +0100 @@ -515,6 +515,8 @@ static int ieee80211_config_beacon(struc if (old) memcpy(new->tail, old->tail, new_tail_len); + sdata->vif.bss_conf.dtim_period = new->dtim_period; + rcu_assign_pointer(sdata->u.ap.beacon, new); synchronize_rcu(); -- 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