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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index 6e94356265b..93e44c7f3a7 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;