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Re: [PATCH] carl9170: fix spurious transmissions in sniffer mode

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On Saturday 13 October 2012 10:59:53 Christian Lamparter wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 September 2012 23:18:34 Christian Lamparter wrote:
> > Several people have complained about an unusual
> > and undocumented feature of the AR9170 hardware:
> > 
> > In siffer mode, the hardware generates spurious
> > ACK frames for every received frame... even
> > broadcasts.
> > 
> > The reason for this malfunction is unknown:
> > <http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=134517238506033>
> > But there's a workaround: Instead of the special
> > sniffer mode, the hardware will be put into
> > station mode and all rx filters are disabled.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: Marco Fonseca <marco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: Janusz Dziedzic <janusz.dziedzic@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> John,
> 
> Do you have doubts about this patch, or is there a problem 
> that I don't know about?

John,

can you comment? Or do you need a resend? Or should I stop
asking about it ;)?

Regards,
	Chr
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