Re: prism54 regression in current -git

[Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>]

Patrick McHardy wrote:
> 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. 


Just to make sure this doesn't get lost, this fix hasn't made it to
Linus' tree yet and appears to be still needed.