From 77165d8809cda1a77bc8752148a6252d7735c12e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennert Buytenhek Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:19:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mwl8k: enforce FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC when no STA interfaces are active When FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC is not set, we enable the hardware's BSS filter so that we'll only see packets destined for our BSS. But if no STA interfaces have been configured, we would end up passing the BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into the POST_SCAN command, which actually disables the hardware's BSS filter, as it's not a valid BSSID. Fix this by passing in 01:00:00:00:00:00 instead (the criterion is that the OUI part of the BSSID must be nonzero), and add comments to explain what PRE_SCAN and POST_SCAN do. Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c index cc58ecb..53447f6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c @@ -2705,12 +2705,23 @@ static void mwl8k_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, return; if (changed_flags & FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC) { - if (*total_flags & FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC) + if (*total_flags & FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC) { + /* + * Disable the BSS filter. + */ mwl8k_cmd_set_pre_scan(hw); - else { + } else { u8 *bssid; - bssid = "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"; + /* + * Enable the BSS filter. + * + * If there is an active STA interface, use that + * interface's BSSID, otherwise use a dummy one + * (where the OUI part needs to be nonzero for + * the BSSID to be accepted by POST_SCAN). + */ + bssid = "\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"; if (priv->vif != NULL) bssid = MWL8K_VIF(priv->vif)->bssid; -- 2.7.4