From: "John W. Linville" <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:53:20 -0400 > Here are a few more fixes intended for 2.6.35. Included are a couple of > small regression fixes for iwlwifi, one that causes connection stalls with > 802.11n on some devices and another which could disable multicast traffic. > Also included is an ath9k fix which avoids a null pointer dereference > resulting from a timer leak. > > Please let me know if there are problems! ... > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git master Pulled, thanks John. > @@ -1329,6 +1328,12 @@ void iwl_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, > > mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex); > > + /* > + * Receiving all multicast frames is always enabled by the > + * default flags setup in iwl_connection_init_rx_config() > + * since we currently do not support programming multicast > + * filters into the device. > + */ > *total_flags &= FIF_OTHER_BSS | FIF_ALLMULTI | FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS | > FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC | FIF_CONTROL; Note that this is an amazingly serious limitation. This basically makes iwl chips unsuitable for use on networks where real multicast use is common. -- 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
