iwlwifi: fix bug to show hidden APs during scan
Indirect scanning ('iwlist scan') should report information about
hidden APs. When an AP is hidden it does not respond to active scanning,
we thus have to use passive scanning to locate these APs.
This fixes http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1499
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Tested-by: Bill Moss <bmoss@clemson.edu>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
index b78ca77..0b73351 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
@@ -6744,18 +6744,23 @@
if (priv->iw_mode == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MNTR)
scan->filter_flags = RXON_FILTER_PROMISC_MSK;
- if (direct_mask)
+ if (direct_mask) {
IWL_DEBUG_SCAN
("Initiating direct scan for %s.\n",
iwl4965_escape_essid(priv->essid, priv->essid_len));
- else
+ scan->channel_count =
+ iwl4965_get_channels_for_scan(
+ priv, band, 1, /* active */
+ direct_mask,
+ (void *)&scan->data[le16_to_cpu(scan->tx_cmd.len)]);
+ } else {
IWL_DEBUG_SCAN("Initiating indirect scan.\n");
-
- scan->channel_count =
- iwl4965_get_channels_for_scan(
- priv, band, 1, /* active */
- direct_mask,
- (void *)&scan->data[le16_to_cpu(scan->tx_cmd.len)]);
+ scan->channel_count =
+ iwl4965_get_channels_for_scan(
+ priv, band, 0, /* passive */
+ direct_mask,
+ (void *)&scan->data[le16_to_cpu(scan->tx_cmd.len)]);
+ }
cmd.len += le16_to_cpu(scan->tx_cmd.len) +
scan->channel_count * sizeof(struct iwl4965_scan_channel);