ath5k: use correct packet type when transmitting
The hardware needs to know what type of frames are being
sent in order to fill in various fields, for example the
timestamp in probe responses (before this patch, it was
always 0). Set it correctly when initializing the TX
descriptor.
Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index 97d6425..2468c64 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -1246,6 +1246,29 @@
return 0;
}
+static enum ath5k_pkt_type get_hw_packet_type(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
+ enum ath5k_pkt_type htype;
+ __le16 fc;
+
+ hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
+ fc = hdr->frame_control;
+
+ if (ieee80211_is_beacon(fc))
+ htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_BEACON;
+ else if (ieee80211_is_probe_resp(fc))
+ htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_PROBE_RESP;
+ else if (ieee80211_is_atim(fc))
+ htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_ATIM;
+ else if (ieee80211_is_pspoll(fc))
+ htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_PSPOLL;
+ else
+ htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_NORMAL;
+
+ return htype;
+}
+
static int
ath5k_txbuf_setup(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ath5k_buf *bf,
struct ath5k_txq *txq)
@@ -1300,7 +1323,8 @@
sc->vif, pktlen, info));
}
ret = ah->ah_setup_tx_desc(ah, ds, pktlen,
- ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(skb), AR5K_PKT_TYPE_NORMAL,
+ ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(skb),
+ get_hw_packet_type(skb),
(sc->power_level * 2),
hw_rate,
info->control.rates[0].count, keyidx, ah->ah_tx_ant, flags,