On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 18:01 +0300, Eyal Shapira wrote:
> EAPOLs are sent at high rates as they are considered
> data packets. Some APs don't respond well to these rates
> and don't respond with EAPOL 3/4.
> Send EAPOLs with basic rate policy in order to avoid that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c | 10 +++++++---
> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c
> index 6983e7a..8ee82b9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/tx.c
> @@ -305,11 +305,15 @@ static void wl1271_tx_fill_hdr(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif,
> if (is_dummy || !wlvif)
> rate_idx = 0;
> else if (wlvif->bss_type != BSS_TYPE_AP_BSS) {
> - /* if the packets are destined for AP (have a STA entry)
> - send them with AP rate policies, otherwise use default
> - basic rates */
> + /*
> + * if the packets are destined for AP (have a STA entry)
> + * send them with AP rate policies (EAPOLs are an exception),
> + * otherwise use default basic rates
> + */
Might be worth indicating what APs have this bug, and possibly putting
something like this into mac80211 (as well)?
johannes
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