lk/linux-kernel-test
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Releases Wiki Activity

mac80211: rework scanning to account for probe response/beacon difference

Browse Source 
This patch reworks the scanning code (ieee80211_rx_bss_info) to take
more parameters from beacons and keep a BSS info structure alive when
only beacons for it are received. This fixes a problem with iwlwifi
drivers (where we don't understand the root cause of the problem yet)
and another driver for some broken hardware (which cannot send probe
requests unless associated, so can't always actively scan.)

Signed-off-by: Bill Moss <bmoss@clemson.edu>
[jmberg: reformatted comments, make probe_resp a bool]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This commit is contained in:
Johannes Berg
2008-04-16 17:43:20 +02:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 194828a292
commit 30b89b0f5e
2 changed files with 52 additions and 35 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

2
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
View File

@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct ieee80211_sta_bss {
u64 timestamp;
int beacon_int;
int probe_resp;
bool probe_resp;
unsigned long last_update;
/* during assocation, we save an ERP value from a probe response so