ath9k: Avoid HW opmode overridden on monitor mode changes
The HW opmode is blindly set to monitor type on monitor mode
change notification. This overrides the opmode when one of the
interfaces is still running as non-monitor iftype. So the monitoring
information needs to be maintained seperately.
Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanoharan@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 b52f1cf..cf6fa54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1217,6 +1217,7 @@
ah->imask |= ATH9K_INT_CST;
sc->sc_flags &= ~SC_OP_INVALID;
+ sc->sc_ah->is_monitoring = false;
/* Disable BMISS interrupt when we're not associated */
ah->imask &= ~(ATH9K_INT_SWBA | ATH9K_INT_BMISS);
@@ -1493,8 +1494,7 @@
ath9k_hw_set_interrupts(ah, ah->imask);
if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
- vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
- vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR) {
+ vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) {
sc->sc_flags |= SC_OP_ANI_RUN;
ath_start_ani(common);
}
@@ -1644,8 +1644,12 @@
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;
+ "Monitor mode is enabled\n");
+ sc->sc_ah->is_monitoring = true;
+ } else {
+ ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_CONFIG,
+ "Monitor mode is disabled\n");
+ sc->sc_ah->is_monitoring = false;
}
}