wil6210: do not set IE's for beacon
authorVladimir Kondratiev <qca_vkondrat@qca.qualcomm.com>
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:12:41 +0000 (14:12 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:23:03 +0000 (14:23 -0400)
On the DMG band, there is no 'normal' beacon frame.
Instead, transmitted is short 'DMG beacon' frame, that do not include IE's
So, beacon IE's are not relevant for the DMG band.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Kondratiev <qca_vkondrat@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c

index 1999450..839a4bc 100644 (file)
@@ -445,8 +445,13 @@ static int wil_cfg80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 
        /* IE's */
        /* bcon 'head IE's are not relevant for 60g band */
-       wmi_set_ie(wil, WMI_FRAME_BEACON, bcon->beacon_ies_len,
-                  bcon->beacon_ies);
+       /*
+        * FW do not form regular beacon, so bcon IE's are not set
+        * For the DMG bcon, when it will be supported, bcon IE's will
+        * be reused; add something like:
+        * wmi_set_ie(wil, WMI_FRAME_BEACON, bcon->beacon_ies_len,
+        * bcon->beacon_ies);
+        */
        wmi_set_ie(wil, WMI_FRAME_PROBE_RESP, bcon->proberesp_ies_len,
                   bcon->proberesp_ies);
        wmi_set_ie(wil, WMI_FRAME_ASSOC_RESP, bcon->assocresp_ies_len,