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ath9k: Configure RX filter for multi-BSSID broadcast 

Allow RX filter to pass through all broadcast/multicast frames (i.e.,
no BSSID filtering) if virtual interfaces are used. Software filtering
will be used in this case to drop broadcast/multicast frames for
foreign BSSIDs.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Jouni Malinen 2009-03-03 19:23:30 +02:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent c52f33d05e
commit b93bce2a5e
2 changed files with 9 additions and 0 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/mac.h
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@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ enum ath9k_rx_filter {
ATH9K_RX_FILTER_MYBEACON = 0x00000200,
ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PSPOLL = 0x00004000,
ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PHYRADAR = 0x00002000,
ATH9K_RX_FILTER_MCAST_BCAST_ALL = 0x00008000,
};
#define ATH9K_RATESERIES_RTS_CTS 0x0001

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drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
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@ -407,6 +407,14 @@ u32 ath_calcrxfilter(struct ath_softc *sc)
if (sc->sc_ah->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
rfilt |= ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PSPOLL;
if (sc->sec_wiphy) {
/* TODO: only needed if more than one BSSID is in use in
* station/adhoc mode */
/* TODO: for older chips, may need to add ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PROM
*/
rfilt |= ATH9K_RX_FILTER_MCAST_BCAST_ALL;
}
return rfilt;
#undef RX_FILTER_PRESERVE