Return-path: Received: from mail-ee0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:44405 "EHLO mail-ee0-f41.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754574Ab3LHJ12 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Dec 2013 04:27:28 -0500 From: =?UTF-8?q?Pali=20Roh=C3=A1r?= To: Luciano Coelho , "John W. Linville" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, freemangordon@abv.bg, aaro.koskinen@iki.fi, pavel@ucw.cz, sre@ring0.de, joni.lapilainen@gmail.com, Johannes Berg , Felipe Contreras , David Gnedt , =?UTF-8?q?Pali=20Roh=C3=A1r?= Subject: [PATCH v2 09/16] wl1251: fix channel switching in monitor mode Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 10:25:07 +0100 Message-Id: <1386494714-21070-10-git-send-email-pali.rohar@gmail.com> (sfid-20131208_103413_046384_6A659254) In-Reply-To: <1386494714-21070-1-git-send-email-pali.rohar@gmail.com> References: <1382819655-30430-1-git-send-email-pali.rohar@gmail.com> <1386494714-21070-1-git-send-email-pali.rohar@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: David Gnedt Use the ENABLE_RX command for channel switching when no interface is present (monitor mode only). The advantage of ENABLE_RX is that it leaves the tx data path disabled in firmware, whereas the usual JOIN command seems to transmit some frames at firmware level. Signed-off-by: David Gnedt Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár --- drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c index 1223bc6..b6f11b8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c @@ -616,8 +616,19 @@ static int wl1251_op_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed) if (channel != wl->channel) { wl->channel = channel; - ret = wl1251_join(wl, wl->bss_type, wl->channel, - wl->beacon_int, wl->dtim_period); + /* + * Use ENABLE_RX command for channel switching when no + * interface is present (monitor mode only). + * This leaves the tx path disabled in firmware, whereas + * the usual JOIN command seems to transmit some frames + * at firmware level. + */ + if (wl->vif == NULL) { + ret = wl1251_cmd_data_path_rx(wl, wl->channel, 1); + } else { + ret = wl1251_join(wl, wl->bss_type, wl->channel, + wl->beacon_int, wl->dtim_period); + } if (ret < 0) goto out_sleep; } -- 1.7.9.5