linux/drivers/net/wireless/intel
Ilan Peer d270e7b8fa iwlwifi: mvm: Allow iwl_mvm_mac_mgd_prepare_tx() when associated
The FW does not allocate quota air time for the binding of a station
MAC before iwlmvm indicates that it is associated. Currently iwlmvm
indicates that the MAC is associated only after hearing a beacon from
the AP. In case a deauthentication frame is sent before the MAC is
associated, the frame might not be sent as the corresponding binding
is not scheduled.

To handle such cases, set IEEE80211_HW_DEAUTH_NEED_MGD_TX_PREP in the
HW flags, requesting mac80211 to call the mgd_prepare_tx() callback
before transmitting a deauthentication frame if associated but no
beacon was heard from the AP.

In addition, do not warn in iwl_mvm_mac_mgd_prepare_tx() when already
associated as now the callback can be called also when associated.

Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
2018-03-28 22:43:37 +03:00
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ipw2x00 wireless: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-27 11:01:13 +03:00
iwlegacy wireless: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-27 11:01:13 +03:00
iwlwifi iwlwifi: mvm: Allow iwl_mvm_mac_mgd_prepare_tx() when associated 2018-03-28 22:43:37 +03:00
Kconfig net/wireless: fix spaces and grammar copy/paste in vendor Kconfig help text 2018-03-13 18:52:25 +02:00
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