Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:01:06 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: bschmidt@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: [PATCH: iwn(4)] Fix channel switching in monitor mode Message-ID: <CAJ-VmonCz2jpGJf0cuknbmnMUekeyF=mc_prLdnz4HJPGmortg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110916173745.GA42502@triton8.kn-bremen.de> References: <20110916173745.GA42502@triton8.kn-bremen.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Date: 17 September 2011 01:37 Subject: [PATCH: iwn(4)] Fix channel switching in monitor mode To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Hi! =A0I just got a "Centrino Advanced-N 6230" half-size mini-pcie card (using iwn6000g2bfw.ko firmware, my Dell Precision M4500 laptop came with an unsupported Broadcom BCM4313: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0https://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html?action=3Dshow_= laptop_detail&laptop=3D13061 ), and found channel switching didn't work in monitor mode, the patch below seems to fix it - also at: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://people.freebsd.org/~nox/tmp/patch-iwn-channel-monitor= .txt =A0(I also applied the two patches from the `"Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250" doesn't work' thread tho I'm not 100% sure they are needed for this nic: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://markmail.org/message/exik7phjs2j7pnsi and =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CAAgh0_bL7K3PZVAZxPV8Jwd= hnopOvdRp0Z+xHU-CfGba5bz1Kw ) =A0And here is the channel switching patch: --- src/sys/dev/iwn/if_iwn.c.orig +++ src/sys/dev/iwn/if_iwn.c @@ -6984,12 +6984,24 @@ iwn_set_channel(struct ieee80211com *ic) =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0const struct ieee80211_channel *c =3D ic->ic_curchan; =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0struct ifnet *ifp =3D ic->ic_ifp; =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0struct iwn_softc *sc =3D ifp->if_softc; + =A0 =A0 =A0 int error; =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0IWN_LOCK(sc); =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0sc->sc_rxtap.wr_chan_freq =3D htole16(c->ic_freq); =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0sc->sc_rxtap.wr_chan_flags =3D htole16(c->ic_flags); =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0sc->sc_txtap.wt_chan_freq =3D htole16(c->ic_freq); =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0sc->sc_txtap.wt_chan_flags =3D htole16(c->ic_flags); + + =A0 =A0 =A0 /* + =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0* Only need to set the channel in Monitor mode. AP scannin= g and auth + =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0* are already taken care of by their respective firmware c= ommands. + =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0*/ + =A0 =A0 =A0 if (ic->ic_opmode =3D=3D IEEE80211_M_MONITOR) { + =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 error =3D iwn_config(sc); + =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 if (error !=3D 0) + =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 device_printf(sc->sc_dev, + =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "error %d settting ch= annel\n", error); + =A0 =A0 =A0 } =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0IWN_UNLOCK(sc); =A0} _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CAJ-VmonCz2jpGJf0cuknbmnMUekeyF=mc_prLdnz4HJPGmortg>