On 11/30/2013 10:27 PM, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
The patch below does not apply to the 3.10-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h
Greg, The patch below backports commit b4ade79 to v3.10. Thanks, Larry ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From b4ade797668e33b4e8353c2701ce01d7084dfafa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 15:15:28 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP The routine that processes received frames was returning the RSSI value for the signal strength; however, that value is available only for associated APs. As a result, the strength was the absurd value of 10 dBm. As a result, scans return incorrect values for the strength, which causes unwanted attempts to roam. This patch fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63881. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [3.0 +] Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ bool rtl92se_rx_query_desc(struct ieee80 } /*rx_status->qual = stats->signal; */ - rx_status->signal = stats->rssi + 10; + rx_status->signal = stats->recvsignalpower + 10; /*rx_status->noise = -stats->noise; */ return true; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html