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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/mac.c34
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/mac.c
index 53415bfd8be..a2f005703c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/mac.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int carl9170_set_dyn_sifs_ack(struct ar9170 *ar)
if (conf_is_ht40(&ar->hw->conf))
val = 0x010a;
else {
- if (ar->hw->conf.channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ)
+ if (ar->hw->conf.chandef.chan->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ)
val = 0x105;
else
val = 0x104;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int carl9170_set_rts_cts_rate(struct ar9170 *ar)
rts_rate = 0x1da;
cts_rate = 0x10a;
} else {
- if (ar->hw->conf.channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ) {
+ if (ar->hw->conf.chandef.chan->band == IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ) {
/* 11 mbit CCK */
rts_rate = 033;
cts_rate = 003;
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int carl9170_set_slot_time(struct ar9170 *ar)
return 0;
}
- if ((ar->hw->conf.channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ) ||
+ if ((ar->hw->conf.chandef.chan->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ) ||
vif->bss_conf.use_short_slot)
slottime = 9;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int carl9170_set_mac_rates(struct ar9170 *ar)
basic |= (vif->bss_conf.basic_rates & 0xff0) << 4;
rcu_read_unlock();
- if (ar->hw->conf.channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ)
+ if (ar->hw->conf.chandef.chan->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ)
mandatory = 0xff00; /* OFDM 6/9/12/18/24/36/48/54 */
else
mandatory = 0xff0f; /* OFDM (6/9../54) + CCK (1/2/5.5/11) */
@@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ int carl9170_set_operating_mode(struct ar9170 *ar)
struct ath_common *common = &ar->common;
u8 *mac_addr, *bssid;
u32 cam_mode = AR9170_MAC_CAM_DEFAULTS;
- u32 enc_mode = AR9170_MAC_ENCRYPTION_DEFAULTS;
+ u32 enc_mode = AR9170_MAC_ENCRYPTION_DEFAULTS |
+ AR9170_MAC_ENCRYPTION_MGMT_RX_SOFTWARE;
u32 rx_ctrl = AR9170_MAC_RX_CTRL_DEAGG |
AR9170_MAC_RX_CTRL_SHORT_FILTER;
u32 sniffer = AR9170_MAC_SNIFFER_DEFAULTS;
@@ -318,10 +319,10 @@ int carl9170_set_operating_mode(struct ar9170 *ar)
bssid = common->curbssid;
switch (vif->type) {
- case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
cam_mode |= AR9170_MAC_CAM_IBSS;
break;
+ case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
cam_mode |= AR9170_MAC_CAM_AP;
@@ -342,7 +343,24 @@ int carl9170_set_operating_mode(struct ar9170 *ar)
break;
}
} else {
- mac_addr = NULL;
+ /*
+ * Enable monitor mode
+ *
+ * rx_ctrl |= AR9170_MAC_RX_CTRL_ACK_IN_SNIFFER;
+ * sniffer |= AR9170_MAC_SNIFFER_ENABLE_PROMISC;
+ *
+ * When the hardware is in SNIFFER_PROMISC mode,
+ * it generates spurious ACKs for every incoming
+ * frame. This confuses every peer in the
+ * vicinity and the network throughput will suffer
+ * badly.
+ *
+ * Hence, the hardware will be put into station
+ * mode and just the rx filters are disabled.
+ */
+ cam_mode |= AR9170_MAC_CAM_STA;
+ rx_ctrl |= AR9170_MAC_RX_CTRL_PASS_TO_HOST;
+ mac_addr = common->macaddr;
bssid = NULL;
}
rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -354,8 +372,6 @@ int carl9170_set_operating_mode(struct ar9170 *ar)
enc_mode |= AR9170_MAC_ENCRYPTION_RX_SOFTWARE;
if (ar->sniffer_enabled) {
- rx_ctrl |= AR9170_MAC_RX_CTRL_ACK_IN_SNIFFER;
- sniffer |= AR9170_MAC_SNIFFER_ENABLE_PROMISC;
enc_mode |= AR9170_MAC_ENCRYPTION_RX_SOFTWARE;
}