Re: [PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix loss of association after resume

From: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: John Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix loss of association after resume
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 17:53:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200702091753.12419.mb@bu3sch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45cc9ebb.+9O/IXvs/C9RyFnk%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>

On Friday 09 February 2007 17:18, Larry Finger wrote:
> After a suspend/resume cycle, bcm43xx-softmac has lost its association with
> the AP and requires manual intervention. This situation is fixed by making
> one of softmac's internal routines public and calling it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>

Ack, this is good as workaround.

> 
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
> @@ -4278,6 +4278,7 @@ static int bcm43xx_resume(struct pci_dev
>  {
>  	struct net_device *net_dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
>  	struct bcm43xx_private *bcm = bcm43xx_priv(net_dev);
> +	struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac = ieee80211_priv(net_dev);
>  	int err = 0;
>  
>  	dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Resuming...\n");
> @@ -4299,6 +4300,9 @@ static int bcm43xx_resume(struct pci_dev
>  	}
>  	netif_device_attach(net_dev);
>  
> +	if (mac->associnfo.associated)
> +		ieee80211softmac_try_reassoc(mac);
> +
>  	dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Device resumed.\n");
>  
>  	return 0;
> Index: linux-2.6/include/net/ieee80211softmac.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/include/net/ieee80211softmac.h
> +++ linux-2.6/include/net/ieee80211softmac.h
> @@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ struct ieee80211softmac_device {
>  };
>  
>  extern void ieee80211softmac_scan_finished(struct ieee80211softmac_device *sm);
> +extern void ieee80211softmac_try_reassoc(struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac);
>  
>  static inline void * ieee80211softmac_priv(struct net_device *dev)
>  {
> Index: linux-2.6/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
> +++ linux-2.6/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
> @@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ ieee80211softmac_try_reassoc(struct ieee
>  	schedule_delayed_work(&mac->associnfo.work, 0);
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mac->lock, flags);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211softmac_try_reassoc);
>  
>  int
>  ieee80211softmac_handle_disassoc(struct net_device * dev,
> -
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-- 
Greetings Michael.