Re: ath5k and ".local" dropout

[Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>]

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 02:01:49PM -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> > We zero out the mcast filter for some reason, I'm not sure why.  Maybe
> > missing tildes in front of the zeroes or something.
> 
> Any feedback on that patch? :-)

Positive, so far.  Saving CSights the trouble of requoting :)  I'll push it
unless C pops up with "any other problem"...

> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
> > b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c index 1287ded..1e6e0b6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
> > @@ -1125,7 +1125,6 @@ ath5k_mode_setup(struct ath5k_softc *sc)
> >       /* configure operational mode */
> >       ath5k_hw_set_opmode(ah);
> >
> > -     ath5k_hw_set_mcast_filter(ah, 0, 0);
> >       ATH5K_DBG(sc, ATH5K_DEBUG_MODE, "RX filter 0x%x\n", rfilt);
> >  }
> 
> YES!
> At least I am able to ping for longer than 2 minutes. :)  I'll keep
> running  the modified code and see if any other problem crops up.

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