2013-01-10 15:53:41

by Chun-Yeow Yeoh

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Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: allow disable power save in mesh

Allow mesh interface to disable the power save which is by default
turn on in certain chipset. Testing with 2 units of ZCN-1523H-5-16
featuring AR9280 chipset which have power save enabled by default.
Constant reset if the average signal of the peer mesh STA is below
-80 dBm and power save is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <[email protected]>
---
net/mac80211/cfg.c | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 7d290bc..817992b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -2232,7 +2232,8 @@ static int ieee80211_set_power_mgmt(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
struct ieee80211_local *local = wdev_priv(dev->ieee80211_ptr);

- if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
+ if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION &&
+ sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

if (!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS))
--
1.7.0.4