Return-path: Received: from mail.deathmatch.net ([70.167.247.36]:3361 "EHLO mail.deathmatch.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753396AbYJ2MbP (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:31:15 -0400 From: Bob Copeland To: linville@tuxdriver.com, mickflemm@gmail.com, jirislaby@gmail.com, lrodriguez@atheros.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org, Bob Copeland Subject: [PATCH] ath5k: honor FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC in STA mode Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:30:56 -0400 Message-Id: <1225283457-24417-4-git-send-email-me@bobcopeland.com> (sfid-20081029_133122_397022_A95EC067) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: We were setting RX_FILTER_BEACON even after entering STA mode, which leads to a lot of unnecessary wakeups. This should fix the bug "Ath5k driver has too many interrupts per second at idle" at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11749. Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland --- drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c | 4 +--- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c index c7ffcbb..5ef8cc4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c @@ -2952,10 +2952,8 @@ static void ath5k_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, sc->opmode != NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT && test_bit(ATH_STAT_PROMISC, sc->status)) rfilt |= AR5K_RX_FILTER_PROM; - if (sc->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION || - sc->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) { + if (sc->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) rfilt |= AR5K_RX_FILTER_BEACON; - } if (sc->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) rfilt |= AR5K_RX_FILTER_CONTROL | AR5K_RX_FILTER_BEACON | AR5K_RX_FILTER_PROBEREQ | AR5K_RX_FILTER_PROM; -- 1.5.4.2.182.gb3092