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wcn36xx: enable the beaconing in mesh mode
authorChun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@gmail.com>
Fri, 6 Dec 2013 03:28:02 +0000 (11:28 +0800)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Mon, 9 Dec 2013 20:37:55 +0000 (15:37 -0500)
Enable the beaconing in wnc36xx by tweaking the tim offset and
force the use of AP-style beaconing. Otherwise, beaconing is not
working. The tim offset is set to 256. Otherwise, this will
overwrite mesh beacon submitted by mac80211.

Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c

index 823631cdb872bc8799229a9d91388d377a5511fc..8f37562e0b113d6e5d4b13e50ea87cba679c6628 100644 (file)
@@ -1151,14 +1151,14 @@ int wcn36xx_smd_config_bss(struct wcn36xx *wcn, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
                /* STA */
                bss->oper_mode = 1;
                bss->wcn36xx_hal_persona = WCN36XX_HAL_STA_MODE;
-       } else if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) {
+       } else if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
+                  vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) {
                bss->bss_type = WCN36XX_HAL_INFRA_AP_MODE;
 
                /* AP */
                bss->oper_mode = 0;
                bss->wcn36xx_hal_persona = WCN36XX_HAL_STA_SAP_MODE;
-       } else if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
-                  vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) {
+       } else if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) {
                bss->bss_type = WCN36XX_HAL_IBSS_MODE;
 
                /* STA */
@@ -1309,7 +1309,11 @@ int wcn36xx_smd_send_beacon(struct wcn36xx *wcn, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
        memcpy(msg_body.bssid, vif->addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
        /* TODO need to find out why this is needed? */
-       msg_body.tim_ie_offset = tim_off+4;
+       if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
+               /* mesh beacon don't need this, so push further down */
+               msg_body.tim_ie_offset = 256;
+       else
+               msg_body.tim_ie_offset = tim_off+4;
        msg_body.p2p_ie_offset = p2p_off;
        PREPARE_HAL_BUF(wcn->hal_buf, msg_body);