rt2x00: Block adhoc & master mode

PATCH New Ivo van Doorn 1 participant 1 message Oct 28, 2007 Networking drivers (wireless)

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Ivo van Doorn

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2007-10-28 13:20 UTC #0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 rt2x00: Block adhoc & master mode

rt2x00 is broken when it comes down to adhoc and master mode. The main problem is the beaconing, which is completely failing. Untill a solution has been found, both beacon requiring modes must be disabled to prevent numerous bug reports.

Signed-off-by Ivo van Doorn <[email protected]>

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John, please send this patch upstream for 2.6.24

drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c +8 -0

index 4a6a0bd..85ea8a8 100644
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@ int rt2x00mac_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = hw->priv;
 	struct interface *intf = &rt2x00dev->interface;
 
+	/* FIXME: Beaconing is broken in rt2x00. */
+	if (conf->type == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS ||
+	    conf->type == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP) {
+		ERROR(rt2x00dev,
+		      "rt2x00 does not support Adhoc or Master mode");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Don't allow interfaces to be added while
 	 * either the device has disappeared or when