Re: prism54 regression in current -git

[Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>]

Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>>> Good catch. The carrier is set upon a firmware trigger so it is
>>> possible that when in AP mode we don't hit the trigger in firmware. I
>>> left open the possibility for this happening and go figure it happens.
>>> Even if we had docs this probably wouldn't be documented :) I'll try
>>> to cook up an exception patch now.
>>
>> Let me know if this fixes it.
>> [...]
> 
> This will probably fix the error I'm seeing, but if I'm not
> mistaken the mode can be changed while the device is UP and
> this case is not handled by your patch.

I've verified that is fixes the bug if the device is already
configured for AP mode when set UP.

It appears to also be working correctly when configuring
the device for master mode after bringing it up, but I
don't understand why.