carl9170: utilize fw seq counter for mgmt/non-QoS data frames
"mac80211 will properly assign sequence numbers to QoS-data
frames but cannot do so correctly for non-QoS-data and
management frames because beacons need them from that counter
as well and mac80211 cannot guarantee proper sequencing."
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c
index ecfb80b..ede3d7e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c
@@ -662,6 +662,13 @@
goto unlock;
}
+ if (ar->fw.tx_seq_table) {
+ err = carl9170_write_reg(ar, ar->fw.tx_seq_table + vif_id * 4,
+ 0);
+ if (err)
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+
unlock:
if (err && (vif_id >= 0)) {
vif_priv->active = false;