If a station interface is reused as monitor interface it is possible that the carrier is still set to off. This breaks packet injection on that monitor interface. Force the carrier on in monitor interface initialisation like it is also done for other interface types (e.g. adhoc, mesh point, ap). Signed-off-by: David Gnedt <david.gnedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/iface.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c index 910729f..d07d223 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/iface.c +++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c @@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ static int ieee80211_open(struct net_device *dev) local->fif_other_bss++; ieee80211_configure_filter(local); + + netif_carrier_on(dev); break; default: res = drv_add_interface(local, &sdata->vif); -- 1.6.3.3 -- 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
