From: Michael Buesch Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:51:12 +0000 (-0600) Subject: [PATCH] softmac: remove netif_tx_disable when scanning X-Git-Tag: v2.6.19.1~32 X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=80215bd7c3d16e459f0d96edbe310f0c5e0df3e8;p=karo-tx-linux.git [PATCH] softmac: remove netif_tx_disable when scanning In the scan section of ieee80211softmac, network transmits are disabled. When SoftMAC re-enables transmits, it may override the wishes of a driver that may have very good reasons for disabling transmits. At least one failure in bcm43xx can be traced to this problem. In addition, several unexplained problems may arise from the unexpected enabling of transmits. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Signed-off-by: Chris Wright --- diff --git a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_scan.c b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_scan.c index d31cf77498c4..ad67368b58ed 100644 --- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_scan.c +++ b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_scan.c @@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ ieee80211softmac_start_scan(struct ieee80211softmac_device *sm) sm->scanning = 1; spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sm->lock, flags); - netif_tx_disable(sm->ieee->dev); ret = sm->start_scan(sm->dev); if (ret) { spin_lock_irqsave(&sm->lock, flags); @@ -248,7 +247,6 @@ void ieee80211softmac_scan_finished(struct ieee80211softmac_device *sm) if (net) sm->set_channel(sm->dev, net->channel); } - netif_wake_queue(sm->ieee->dev); ieee80211softmac_call_events(sm, IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_SCAN_FINISHED, NULL); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211softmac_scan_finished);