2010-01-08 04:49:14

by Sujith

Subject: [PATCH 7/7] ath9k: Fix monitor mode handling

mac80211 passes appropriate flags indicating whether
monitor mode is being used. Use this to set the HW opmode.

Signed-off-by: Sujith <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 1f7222a..b39c7bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1581,6 +1581,14 @@ static int ath9k_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed)
}
}

+ if (changed & IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_MONITOR) {
+ if (conf->flags & IEEE80211_CONF_MONITOR) {
+ ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_CONFIG,
+ "HW opmode set to Monitor mode\n");
+ sc->sc_ah->opmode = NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR;
+ }
+ }
+
if (changed & IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL) {
struct ieee80211_channel *curchan = hw->conf.channel;
int pos = curchan->hw_value;
--
1.6.6

2010-01-08 05:27:37

by Luis R. Rodriguez

Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] ath9k: Fix monitor mode handling

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Sujith <[email protected]> wrote:
> mac80211 passes appropriate flags indicating whether
> monitor mode is being used. Use this to set the HW opmode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sujith <[email protected]>

Cc stable?

Luis