From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:58858 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757163Ab0F3TFh (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:05:37 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:05:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20100630.120551.170116973.davem@davemloft.net> To: linville@tuxdriver.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2010-06-30 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20100630185319.GA2618@tuxdriver.com> References: <20100630185319.GA2618@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: "John W. Linville" Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:53:20 -0400 > Here are a few more fixes intended for 2.6.35. Included are a couple of > small regression fixes for iwlwifi, one that causes connection stalls with > 802.11n on some devices and another which could disable multicast traffic. > Also included is an ath9k fix which avoids a null pointer dereference > resulting from a timer leak. > > Please let me know if there are problems! ... > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git master Pulled, thanks John. > @@ -1329,6 +1328,12 @@ void iwl_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, > > mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex); > > + /* > + * Receiving all multicast frames is always enabled by the > + * default flags setup in iwl_connection_init_rx_config() > + * since we currently do not support programming multicast > + * filters into the device. > + */ > *total_flags &= FIF_OTHER_BSS | FIF_ALLMULTI | FIF_PROMISC_IN_BSS | > FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC | FIF_CONTROL; Note that this is an amazingly serious limitation. This basically makes iwl chips unsuitable for use on networks where real multicast use is common.