Return-path: Received: from mail-ee0-f46.google.com ([74.125.83.46]:37467 "EHLO mail-ee0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965639Ab2JZSHZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:07:25 -0400 Received: by mail-ee0-f46.google.com with SMTP id b15so1182217eek.19 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:07:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Christian Lamparter To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] carl9170: fix spurious transmissions in sniffer mode Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:07:16 +0200 Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com References: <201209112318.35334.chunkeey@googlemail.com> <201210131059.53325.chunkeey@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <201210131059.53325.chunkeey@googlemail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <201210262007.17369.chunkeey@googlemail.com> (sfid-20121026_200731_252390_07A9F2D7) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Saturday 13 October 2012 10:59:53 Christian Lamparter wrote: > 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? John, can you comment? Or do you need a resend? Or should I stop asking about it ;)? Regards, Chr