Re: [PATCH] staging: r8712u: Fix driver to support ad-hoc mode

[Larry Finger]

On 04/28/2011 10:08 AM, clemens fischer wrote:
> > Larry Finger:
>
> > From: Jeff Chua<jeff.chua.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Driver r8712u is unable to handle ad-hoc mode. The issue is that when
> > the driver first starts, there will not be an SSID for association.
> > The fix is to always call the "select and join from scan" routine when
> > in ad-hoc mode.
> >
> > Note: Ad-hoc mode worked intermittently before. If the driver had
> > previously been associated, then things were OK.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Chua<jeff.chua.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Larry Finger<Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Stable<stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > Index: linux-2.6/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_set.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_set.c
> > +++ linux-2.6/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_set.c
> > @@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ static u8 do_join(struct _adapter *padap
> >   	pmlmepriv->fw_state |= _FW_UNDER_LINKING;
> >   	pmlmepriv->pscanned = plist;
> >   	pmlmepriv->to_join = true;
> > -	if (_queue_empty(queue) == true) {
> > +
> > +	/* adhoc mode will start with an empty queue, but skip checking */
> > +	if (!check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, WIFI_ADHOC_STATE)&&
> > +	    _queue_empty(queue)) {
> >   		if (pmlmepriv->fw_state&  _FW_UNDER_LINKING)
> >   			pmlmepriv->fw_state ^= _FW_UNDER_LINKING;
> >   		/* when set_ssid/set_bssid for do_join(), but scanning queue
>
> Thanks for CC'ing me.
>
> This patch doesn't solve my problem[1], unfortunately.  I am using
> iwconfig(8) to setup things, and it is still impossible to set the ESSID
> and the power saving mode.  In my case it was even possible to get into
> Ad-hoc mode without the patch and without ever beeing associated.
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33352

Does this one help? It should be in addition to the previous patch.

Larry
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
@@ -990,8 +990,6 @@ static int r8711_wx_set_wap(struct net_d
 	struct wlan_network *pnetwork = NULL;
 	enum NDIS_802_11_AUTHENTICATION_MODE	authmode;
 
-	if (padapter->bup == false)
-		return -1;
 	if (check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, _FW_UNDER_SURVEY) == true)
 		return -1;
 	if (check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, _FW_UNDER_LINKING) == true)
@@ -1182,8 +1180,6 @@ static int r8711_wx_set_essid(struct net
 	struct list_head *phead;
 	u32 len;
 
-	if (padapter->bup == false)
-		return -1;
 	if (check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, _FW_UNDER_SURVEY))
 		return -1;
 	if (check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, _FW_UNDER_LINKING))