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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c | 3 |
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h index 6383d9f8c9b3..f4e59ae07f8e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h @@ -2621,7 +2621,9 @@ struct iwl_ssid_ie { #define PROBE_OPTION_MAX_3945 4 #define PROBE_OPTION_MAX 20 #define TX_CMD_LIFE_TIME_INFINITE cpu_to_le32(0xFFFFFFFF) -#define IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH cpu_to_le16(1) +#define IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_DISABLED 0 +#define IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_DEFAULT cpu_to_le16(1) +#define IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_NEVER cpu_to_le16(0xffff) #define IWL_MAX_SCAN_SIZE 1024 #define IWL_MAX_CMD_SIZE 4096 #define IWL_MAX_PROBE_REQUEST 200 diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c index 12e455a4b90e..741e65ec8301 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c @@ -813,16 +813,29 @@ static void iwl_bg_request_scan(struct work_struct *data) rate = IWL_RATE_1M_PLCP; rate_flags = RATE_MCS_CCK_MSK; } - scan->good_CRC_th = 0; + scan->good_CRC_th = IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_DISABLED; } else if (priv->scan_bands & BIT(IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ)) { band = IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ; rate = IWL_RATE_6M_PLCP; /* - * If active scaning is requested but a certain channel - * is marked passive, we can do active scanning if we - * detect transmissions. + * If active scanning is requested but a certain channel is + * marked passive, we can do active scanning if we detect + * transmissions. + * + * There is an issue with some firmware versions that triggers + * a sysassert on a "good CRC threshold" of zero (== disabled), + * on a radar channel even though this means that we should NOT + * send probes. + * + * The "good CRC threshold" is the number of frames that we + * need to receive during our dwell time on a channel before + * sending out probes -- setting this to a huge value will + * mean we never reach it, but at the same time work around + * the aforementioned issue. Thus use IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_NEVER + * here instead of IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_DISABLED. */ - scan->good_CRC_th = is_active ? IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH : 0; + scan->good_CRC_th = is_active ? IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_DEFAULT : + IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_NEVER; /* Force use of chains B and C (0x6) for scan Rx for 4965 * Avoid A (0x1) because of its off-channel reception on A-band. diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c index b55e4f39a9e1..b74a56c48d26 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c @@ -2967,7 +2967,8 @@ static void iwl3945_bg_request_scan(struct work_struct *data) * is marked passive, we can do active scanning if we * detect transmissions. */ - scan->good_CRC_th = is_active ? IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH : 0; + scan->good_CRC_th = is_active ? IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_DEFAULT : + IWL_GOOD_CRC_TH_DISABLED; band = IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ; } else { IWL_WARN(priv, "Invalid scan band count\n"); |