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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c index 12e455a4b90..741e65ec830 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c @@ -813,16 +813,29 @@ static void iwl_bg_request_scan(struct work_struct *data) rate = IWL_RATE_1M_PLCP; rate_flags = RATE_MCS_CCK_MSK; } - scan->good_CRC_th = 0; + scan->good_CRC_th = IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_DISABLED; } else if (priv->scan_bands & BIT(IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ)) { band = IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ; rate = IWL_RATE_6M_PLCP; /* - * If active scaning is requested but a certain channel - * is marked passive, we can do active scanning if we - * detect transmissions. + * If active scanning is requested but a certain channel is + * marked passive, we can do active scanning if we detect + * transmissions. + * + * There is an issue with some firmware versions that triggers + * a sysassert on a "good CRC threshold" of zero (== disabled), + * on a radar channel even though this means that we should NOT + * send probes. + * + * The "good CRC threshold" is the number of frames that we + * need to receive during our dwell time on a channel before + * sending out probes -- setting this to a huge value will + * mean we never reach it, but at the same time work around + * the aforementioned issue. Thus use IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_NEVER + * here instead of IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_DISABLED. */ - scan->good_CRC_th = is_active ? IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH : 0; + scan->good_CRC_th = is_active ? IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_DEFAULT : + IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_NEVER; /* Force use of chains B and C (0x6) for scan Rx for 4965 * Avoid A (0x1) because of its off-channel reception on A-band. |