Return-path: Received: from mail-wg0-f42.google.com ([74.125.82.42]:34550 "EHLO mail-wg0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752029Ab2JMI76 (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:59:58 -0400 Received: by mail-wg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id fm10so71738wgb.1 for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:59:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Christian Lamparter To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] carl9170: fix spurious transmissions in sniffer mode Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:59:53 +0200 Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com References: <201209112318.35334.chunkeey@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <201209112318.35334.chunkeey@googlemail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <201210131059.53325.chunkeey@googlemail.com> (sfid-20121013_110002_705401_D7A59625) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tuesday 11 September 2012 23:18:34 Christian Lamparter wrote: > Several people have complained about an unusual > and undocumented feature of the AR9170 hardware: > > In siffer mode, the hardware generates spurious > ACK frames for every received frame... even > broadcasts. > > The reason for this malfunction is unknown: > > But there's a workaround: Instead of the special > sniffer mode, the hardware will be put into > station mode and all rx filters are disabled. > > Reported-by: Johannes Berg > Reported-by: Marco Fonseca > Reported-by: Janusz Dziedzic > Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter > --- John, Do you have doubts about this patch, or is there a problem that I don't know about? Regards, Chr