wlcore: AP mode - send non-data packets with basic rates

This solves interoperability issues with peer that don't seem to "hear"
management packets transmitted in higher rates. Based on a previous
patch by Igal Chernobelsky.

Cc: Igal Chernobelsky <igalc@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luca@coelho.fi>
This commit is contained in:
Arik Nemtsov 2012-07-23 10:38:18 +03:00 committed by Luciano Coelho
parent 6dbc5fc259
commit c3e06fc03b

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@ -319,8 +319,12 @@ static void wl1271_tx_fill_hdr(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif,
if (hlid == wlvif->ap.global_hlid)
rate_idx = wlvif->ap.mgmt_rate_idx;
else if (hlid == wlvif->ap.bcast_hlid ||
skb->protocol == cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_PAE))
/* send AP bcast and EAPOLs using the min basic rate */
skb->protocol == cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_PAE) ||
!ieee80211_is_data(frame_control))
/*
* send non-data, bcast and EAPOLs using the
* min basic rate
*/
rate_idx = wlvif->ap.bcast_rate_idx;
else
rate_idx = wlvif->ap.ucast_rate_idx[ac];