patch : mac80211:Multicast patch for linux-2.6.28.1 (wl12xx drivers)

[Girish Bn <Girish.BN@lnties.com>]

Hi All,

The below patch file is required in order for the multicasting to work properly on Linux kernel below 3.2 for wl12xx drivers
diff -Naur a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c          2012-09-22 22:59:15.000000000 +0530
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c      2013-02-07 12:06:03.958268798 +0530
@@ -811,6 +811,9 @@
               .ndo_uninit                        = ieee80211_teardown_sdata,
               .ndo_start_xmit                               = ieee80211_subif_start_xmit,
               .ndo_set_rx_mode        = ieee80211_set_multicast_list,
+#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3,2,0))
+             .ndo_set_multicast_list = ieee80211_set_multicast_list,
+#endif
               .ndo_change_mtu          = ieee80211_change_mtu,
               .ndo_set_mac_address                = ieee80211_change_mac,
               .ndo_select_queue        = ieee80211_netdev_select_queue,

This above patch will disable the multicast filter at the wl1271 hardware

Thanks & Regards,
Girish
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