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authorHelmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>2010-10-02 11:31:33 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-10-05 13:35:27 -0400
commit5a5b6ed6ce46be128f2a5a9e56f47193c3ac3e32 (patch)
tree7b2798a71a4f0c92ad1e12d31f260707c2070ef3 /drivers/net/wireless
parentc4c18a9dc16095fc8ada423f1e6ff3830d56d37c (diff)
rt2x00: Don't enable broad- and multicast buffering on USB devices
Since rt2x00 USB devices have no chance to know when a beacon was sent out in AP mode currently all broad- and multicast traffic is buffered in mac80211 but never sent out at all. Unfortunately we have no chance in sending the traffic out after a DTIM beacon due to hw limitations. Hence, instead of never sending the buffered traffic out better send it out immediately. Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> Reported-by: Lauri Hintsala <lauri.hintsala@bluegiga.com> Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c7
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c11
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c7
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index 5843a6d8b62..10339649506 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -1674,10 +1674,15 @@ static int rt2500usb_probe_hw_mode(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
/*
* Initialize all hw fields.
+ *
+ * Don't set IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING unless we are
+ * capable of sending the buffered frames out after the DTIM
+ * transmission using rt2x00lib_beacondone. This will send out
+ * multicast and broadcast traffic immediately instead of buffering it
+ * infinitly and thus dropping it after some time.
*/
rt2x00dev->hw->flags =
IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS |
- IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING |
IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM |
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS |
IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
index 76b8783c563..99b505f8e71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
@@ -3164,11 +3164,20 @@ int rt2800_probe_hw_mode(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
* Initialize all hw fields.
*/
rt2x00dev->hw->flags =
- IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING |
IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM |
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS |
IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK |
IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION;
+ /*
+ * Don't set IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING for USB devices
+ * unless we are capable of sending the buffered frames out after the
+ * DTIM transmission using rt2x00lib_beacondone. This will send out
+ * multicast and broadcast traffic immediately instead of buffering it
+ * infinitly and thus dropping it after some time.
+ */
+ if (!rt2x00_is_usb(rt2x00dev))
+ rt2x00dev->hw->flags |=
+ IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING;
SET_IEEE80211_DEV(rt2x00dev->hw, rt2x00dev->dev);
SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR(rt2x00dev->hw,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
index f78bc2a2932..66939fd8689 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
@@ -2063,9 +2063,14 @@ static int rt73usb_probe_hw_mode(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
/*
* Initialize all hw fields.
+ *
+ * Don't set IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING unless we are
+ * capable of sending the buffered frames out after the DTIM
+ * transmission using rt2x00lib_beacondone. This will send out
+ * multicast and broadcast traffic immediately instead of buffering it
+ * infinitly and thus dropping it after some time.
*/
rt2x00dev->hw->flags =
- IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING |
IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM |
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS |
IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK;