rt2x00: Force full register config after start()
rt2x00 will only perform configuration changes from
mac80211 when the configuration option has changed.
This means it keeps track of the current active configuration
and will check these values when the config() callback function
is used.
However this causes breakage when the interface has been
brought down and up again, since all stored active values
aren't reset while the registers might have.
This is for example the case with rt61pci antenna registers which
will jump to invalid values when the interface has been started.
To make sure a full configuration takes place after the start()
callback function, a new flag is added which will be checked
during config() and skips the "what's changed" phase.
Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
index 1f83d5f..042ab00 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@
int rt2x00mac_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_conf *conf)
{
struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = hw->priv;
+ int force_reconfig;
/*
* Mac80211 might be calling this function while we are trying
@@ -329,7 +330,17 @@
rt2x00lib_toggle_rx(rt2x00dev, STATE_RADIO_RX_OFF);
}
- rt2x00lib_config(rt2x00dev, conf, 0);
+ /*
+ * When the DEVICE_DIRTY_CONFIG flag is set, the device has recently
+ * been started and the configuration must be forced upon the hardware.
+ * Otherwise registers will not be intialized correctly and could
+ * result in non-working hardware because essential registers aren't
+ * initialized.
+ */
+ force_reconfig =
+ __test_and_clear_bit(DEVICE_DIRTY_CONFIG, &rt2x00dev->flags);
+
+ rt2x00lib_config(rt2x00dev, conf, force_reconfig);
/*
* Reenable RX only if the radio should be on.