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ath9k: Add support FIF_OTHER_BSS filtering mode.

Message ID 1250820727-16729-1-git-send-email-javier@cozybit.com (mailing list archive)
State Not Applicable, archived
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Javier Cardona Aug. 21, 2009, 2:12 a.m. UTC 
Support for FIF_OTHER_BSS was missing.  This patch adds support for this
filtering mode which in turn resolves a problem where mesh interfaces would not
receive broadcast traffic.

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index 7b62c22..52e62da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -423,11 +423,12 @@  u32 ath_calcrxfilter(struct ath_softc *sc)
 	if (sc->rx.rxfilter & FIF_PSPOLL)
 		rfilt |= ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PSPOLL;
 
-	if (sc->sec_wiphy) {
+	if (sc->sec_wiphy || (sc->rx.rxfilter & FIF_OTHER_BSS)) {
 		/* TODO: only needed if more than one BSSID is in use in
 		 * station/adhoc mode */
-		/* TODO: for older chips, may need to add ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PROM
-		 */
+		/* The following may also be needed for other older chips */
+		if (sc->sc_ah->hw_version.macVersion == AR_SREV_VERSION_9160)
+			rfilt |= ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PROM;
 		rfilt |= ATH9K_RX_FILTER_MCAST_BCAST_ALL;
 	}