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authorBob Copeland2010-02-09 19:06:54 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville2010-02-10 22:15:22 +0100
commit2ac2927a953a01c83df255118922cce1523d1a18 (patch)
treef6f0b7eac2766dd7aac2938754368cbef1ba42f9 /drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
parentath9k: Enable IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS flag for ath9k. (diff)
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ath5k: use correct packet type when transmitting
The hardware needs to know what type of frames are being sent in order to fill in various fields, for example the timestamp in probe responses (before this patch, it was always 0). Set it correctly when initializing the TX descriptor. Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c26
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index 97d642575550..2468c64d6c12 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -1246,6 +1246,29 @@ ath5k_rxbuf_setup(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ath5k_buf *bf)
return 0;
}
+static enum ath5k_pkt_type get_hw_packet_type(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
+ enum ath5k_pkt_type htype;
+ __le16 fc;
+
+ hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
+ fc = hdr->frame_control;
+
+ if (ieee80211_is_beacon(fc))
+ htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_BEACON;
+ else if (ieee80211_is_probe_resp(fc))
+ htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_PROBE_RESP;
+ else if (ieee80211_is_atim(fc))
+ htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_ATIM;
+ else if (ieee80211_is_pspoll(fc))
+ htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_PSPOLL;
+ else
+ htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_NORMAL;
+
+ return htype;
+}
+
static int
ath5k_txbuf_setup(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ath5k_buf *bf,
struct ath5k_txq *txq)
@@ -1300,7 +1323,8 @@ ath5k_txbuf_setup(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ath5k_buf *bf,
sc->vif, pktlen, info));
}
ret = ah->ah_setup_tx_desc(ah, ds, pktlen,
- ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(skb), AR5K_PKT_TYPE_NORMAL,
+ ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(skb),
+ get_hw_packet_type(skb),
(sc->power_level * 2),
hw_rate,
info->control.rates[0].count, keyidx, ah->ah_tx_ant, flags,