Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix non-working BSS STA mode

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Thu Dec 20 2018 - 01:42:14 EST


Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Once BSS STA mode gets started, it can be scanned by other clients but
> cannot entablish a connection.
>
> Turns out the set_bcn_reg() and its *_set_beacon_related_registers()
> callbacks never get called so it has problem beaconing.
>
> Enable the function in rtl_op_bss_info_changed() can make BSS STA mode
> start to work.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The commit log is quite misleading. It implies that the client mode is broken
for all rtlwifi hardware and that can't be the case, otherwise we would be
flooded by bug reports. So please improve the commit log and describe clearly
the problem you are solving.

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