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Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] wl12xx: fix Tx security sequence number handling

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On Sun, 2011-06-26 at 10:36 +0300, Arik Nemtsov wrote: 
> From: Oz Krakowski <ozk@xxxxxx>
> 
> Do not reset the security sequence number when issuing a join command or
> interface is removed. Instead, reset the counter only during the unjoin
> command.
> 
> Added the notion of counter wrap-around to the LSB number in
> wl1271_tx_complete_packet.
> 
> Added post recovery padding to adjust for potential security number
> progress during the recovery process by the firmware and avoid
> potential interop issues in encrypted networks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oz Krakowski <ozk@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v1->2: fixed a bug where a wrap-around in the security seq LSB was
> compensated incorrectly. We used 0xff (255) instead of 256.

I had mistakenly applied v1 of this series.  Now I've undone it and
applied this v2 instead.  Thanks Arik for pointing out!

-- 
Cheers,
Luca.

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