linux-kernel - Re: ath9k: Fix beacon configuration assertion failure

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:18:42 +0300
From:   Ioan-Adrian Ratiu <adi@...rat.com>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Benjamin Berg <benjamin.berg@...n-mesh.com>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com,
        ath9k-devel@...ts.ath9k.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>
Subject: Re: ath9k: Fix beacon configuration assertion failure

On Mon, 22 Aug 2016, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org> wrote:
> Benjamin Berg <benjamin.berg@...n-mesh.com> writes:
>
>> On Fr, 2016-08-19 at 13:03 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>> Actually, I see two patches which might be related but not identical:
>>> 
>>> ath9k: fix client mode beacon configuration
>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9247699/
>>> 
>>> ath9k: Fix beacon configuration assertion failure
>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9281191/
>>> 
>>> Felix (CCed) & Benjamin: please take a look and advice which one I
>>> should take.
>>
>> Yes, both patches are designed to fix the same issue in my patch.
>>
>> Felix solution looks entirely correct to me, the second solution seems
>> slightly wrong because it prevents the call to ath9k_beacon_config from
>> happening instead of ensuring the correct parameter value.
>> ath9k_beacon_config needs to be called even if iter_data.beacons is
>> false as it disables the interrupts.
>
> Ok, I'll the patch from Felix then. Thanks.

Tested Felix patch. Confirm it works great. Thanks!

>
> -- 
> Kalle Valo