ath9k: Reconfigure beacons on getting a notification from mac80211
Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
index 04a6051..e9b0684 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
@@ -2253,24 +2253,27 @@
}
}
- if ((conf->changed & IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON) &&
- ((vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) ||
- (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP))) {
- /*
- * Allocate and setup the beacon frame.
- *
- * Stop any previous beacon DMA. This may be
- * necessary, for example, when an ibss merge
- * causes reconfiguration; we may be called
- * with beacon transmission active.
- */
- ath9k_hw_stoptxdma(sc->sc_ah, sc->beacon.beaconq);
+ if ((vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) ||
+ (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)) {
+ if ((conf->changed & IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON) ||
+ (conf->changed & IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON_ENABLED &&
+ conf->enable_beacon)) {
+ /*
+ * Allocate and setup the beacon frame.
+ *
+ * Stop any previous beacon DMA. This may be
+ * necessary, for example, when an ibss merge
+ * causes reconfiguration; we may be called
+ * with beacon transmission active.
+ */
+ ath9k_hw_stoptxdma(sc->sc_ah, sc->beacon.beaconq);
- error = ath_beacon_alloc(sc, 0);
- if (error != 0)
- return error;
+ error = ath_beacon_alloc(sc, 0);
+ if (error != 0)
+ return error;
- ath_beacon_sync(sc, 0);
+ ath_beacon_sync(sc, 0);
+ }
}
/* Check for WLAN_CAPABILITY_PRIVACY ? */