brcmfmac: update beacon IE when bss up and clear when stopped

PATCH Superseded Wright Feng 2 participants 2 messages Nov 15, 2016 – Nov 16, 2016 Broadcom BRCM80211 IEEE802.11 wireless drivers

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Wright Feng

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2016-11-15 02:39 UTC #0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 brcmfmac: update beacon IE when bss up and clear when stopped

Firmware doesn't update beacon vendor IEs when bss is down, so move brcmf_config_ap_mgmt_ie after BSS up. And host driver should clear IEs when AP stopped so that the IEs in host side will be synced with in firmware side.

Signed-off-by Wright Feng <[email protected]>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c +3 -2

index b777e1b..d022605 100644
@@ -4578,8 +4578,6 @@ brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *ndev,
 		brcmf_configure_opensecurity(ifp);
 	}
 
-	brcmf_config_ap_mgmt_ie(ifp->vif, &settings->beacon);
-
 	/* Parameters shared by all radio interfaces */
 	if (!mbss) {
 		if ((supports_11d) && (is_11d != ifp->vif->is_11d)) {

@@ -4708,6 +4706,7 @@ brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *ndev,
 		WARN_ON(1);
 	}
 
+	brcmf_config_ap_mgmt_ie(ifp->vif, &settings->beacon);
 	set_bit(BRCMF_VIF_STATUS_AP_CREATED, &ifp->vif->sme_state);
 	brcmf_net_setcarrier(ifp, true);

@@ -4764,6 +4763,8 @@ static int brcmf_cfg80211_stop_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *ndev)
 		err = brcmf_fil_cmd_int_set(ifp, BRCMF_C_UP, 1);
 		if (err < 0)
 			brcmf_err("BRCMF_C_UP error %d\n", err);
+
+		brcmf_vif_clear_mgmt_ies(ifp->vif);
 	} else {
 		bss_enable.bsscfgidx = cpu_to_le32(ifp->bsscfgidx);
 		bss_enable.enable = cpu_to_le32(0);

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Kalle Valo

2016-11-16 14:03 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 3 lines · Wright Feng

Firmware doesn't update beacon vendor IEs when bss is down, so move brcmf_config_ap_mgmt_ie after BSS up. And host driver should clear IEs when AP stopped so that the IEs in host side will be synced with in firmware side.
Signed-off-by Wright Feng <[email protected]>

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