Enable the beaconing in wnc36xx by tweaking the tim offset and
force the use of AP-style beaconing. Otherwise, beaconing is not
working. The tim offset is set to 256. Otherwise, this will
overwrite mesh beacon submitted by mac80211.
Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
index f8c3a10..19f43de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
@@ -1134,14 +1134,14 @@ int wcn36xx_smd_config_bss(struct wcn36xx *wcn, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
/* STA */
bss->oper_mode = 1;
bss->wcn36xx_hal_persona = WCN36XX_HAL_STA_MODE;
- } else if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) {
+ } else if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
+ vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) {
bss->bss_type = WCN36XX_HAL_INFRA_AP_MODE;
/* AP */
bss->oper_mode = 0;
bss->wcn36xx_hal_persona = WCN36XX_HAL_STA_SAP_MODE;
- } else if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
- vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) {
+ } else if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) {
bss->bss_type = WCN36XX_HAL_IBSS_MODE;
/* STA */
@@ -1291,7 +1291,11 @@ int wcn36xx_smd_send_beacon(struct wcn36xx *wcn, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
memcpy(msg_body.bssid, vif->addr, ETH_ALEN);
/* TODO need to find out why this is needed? */
- msg_body.tim_ie_offset = tim_off+4;
+ if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
+ /* mesh beacon don't need this, so push further down */
+ msg_body.tim_ie_offset = 256;
+ else
+ msg_body.tim_ie_offset = tim_off+4;
msg_body.p2p_ie_offset = p2p_off;
PREPARE_HAL_BUF(wcn->hal_buf, msg_body);
--
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