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authorAmitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com>2011-11-10 05:36:21 (GMT)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-11-11 16:03:25 (GMT)
commitfada10584d3890258e59da73728510ad7e08a033 (patch)
tree5d349d2c8ef7d4fac0bdd19b08c6aff4ec639d44 /drivers/net/wireless
parent43e58856585f8c61e6a4a0f1fd6996d78799a973 (diff)
downloadlinux-fada10584d3890258e59da73728510ad7e08a033.tar.xz
mwifiex: fix association issue with AP configured in hidden SSID mode
Firmware expects 'max_ssid_length' field in 'struct mwifiex_ie_types_wildcard_ssid_params' to be '0' for performing SSID specific scan. Currently driver updates it with an actual SSID length. Hence UUT is not able to find the AP configured in hidden SSID mode in scan results and association fails. max_ssid_length is filled with '0' to fix the issue. Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
index 8a3f959..8d3ab37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
@@ -819,8 +819,10 @@ mwifiex_scan_setup_scan_config(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
wildcard_ssid_tlv->header.len = cpu_to_le16(
(u16) (ssid_len + sizeof(wildcard_ssid_tlv->
max_ssid_length)));
- wildcard_ssid_tlv->max_ssid_length =
- user_scan_in->ssid_list[ssid_idx].max_len;
+
+ /* max_ssid_length = 0 tells firmware to perform
+ specific scan for the SSID filled */
+ wildcard_ssid_tlv->max_ssid_length = 0;
memcpy(wildcard_ssid_tlv->ssid,
user_scan_in->ssid_list[ssid_idx].ssid,