ath9k: Fix monitor mode handling
mac80211 passes appropriate flags indicating whether
monitor mode is being used. Use this to set the HW opmode.
Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 1f7222a..b39c7bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1581,6 +1581,14 @@
}
}
+ if (changed & IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_MONITOR) {
+ if (conf->flags & IEEE80211_CONF_MONITOR) {
+ ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_CONFIG,
+ "HW opmode set to Monitor mode\n");
+ sc->sc_ah->opmode = NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR;
+ }
+ }
+
if (changed & IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL) {
struct ieee80211_channel *curchan = hw->conf.channel;
int pos = curchan->hw_value;