Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2021-12-16

[PATCH] wl1251: specify max. IE length

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From: Merlijn Wajer <hidden>
Date: 2021-12-12 22:33:58
Also in: linux-wireless, lkml
Subsystem: the rest, ti wilink wireless drivers · Maintainer: Linus Torvalds

Landed in mainline as 97affcfa15bb on 2021-12-16.

This fix is similar to commit 77c91295ea53 ("wil6210: specify max. IE
length").  Without the max IE length set, wpa_supplicant cannot operate
using the nl80211 interface.

This patch is a workaround - the number 512 is taken from the wlcore
driver, but note that per Paul Fertser:

    there's no correct number because the driver will ignore the data
    passed in extra IEs.

Suggested-by: Paul Fertser <fercerpav@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Merlijn Wajer <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c
index 136a0d3b23c9..a25a6143e65f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c
@@ -1520,6 +1520,12 @@ int wl1251_init_ieee80211(struct wl1251 *wl)
 	wl->hw->wiphy->interface_modes = BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) |
 					 BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC);
 	wl->hw->wiphy->max_scan_ssids = 1;
+
+	/* We set max_scan_ie_len to a random value to make wpa_supplicant scans not
+	 * fail, as the driver will the ignore the extra passed IEs anyway
+	 */
+	wl->hw->wiphy->max_scan_ie_len = 512;
+
 	wl->hw->wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ] = &wl1251_band_2ghz;
 
 	wl->hw->queues = 4;
-- 
2.32.0
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