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b43: include FCS in frames handed to mac80211

PATCH New Michael Buesch 1 participant 1 message Nov 24, 2007 Networking drivers (wireless)

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PATCH 1/1 b43: include FCS in frames handed to mac80211

From: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>

Sometimes it can be useful to see the FCS, especially when bad-FCS frames are shown. Pass the FCS to mac80211 and let it worry about snipping it off when required.

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 drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c |    3 ++-
 drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c |    1 -
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c +2 -1
@@ -4158,7 +4158,8 @@ static int b43_wireless_init(struct ssb_
 	}
 
 	/* fill hw info */
-	hw->flags = IEEE80211_HW_HOST_GEN_BEACON_TEMPLATE;
+	hw->flags = IEEE80211_HW_HOST_GEN_BEACON_TEMPLATE |
+		    IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS;
 	hw->max_signal = 100;
 	hw->max_rssi = -110;
 	hw->max_noise = -110;
drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c +0 -1
@@ -489,7 +489,6 @@ void b43_rx(struct b43_wldev *dev, struc
 	}
 	wlhdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)(skb->data);
 	fctl = le16_to_cpu(wlhdr->frame_control);
-	skb_trim(skb, skb->len - FCS_LEN);
 
 	if (macstat & B43_RX_MAC_DEC) {
 		unsigned int keyidx;

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