wcn36xx: enable the beaconing in mesh mode

Enable the beaconing in wnc36xx by tweaking the tim offset and
force the use of AP-style beaconing. Otherwise, beaconing is not
working. The tim offset is set to 256. Otherwise, this will
overwrite mesh beacon submitted by mac80211.

Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
index 823631cdb872..8f37562e0b11 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
@@ -1151,14 +1151,14 @@ int wcn36xx_smd_config_bss(struct wcn36xx *wcn, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
                 /* STA */
                 bss->oper_mode = 1;
                 bss->wcn36xx_hal_persona = WCN36XX_HAL_STA_MODE;
-        } else if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) {
+        } else if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
+                   vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) {
                 bss->bss_type = WCN36XX_HAL_INFRA_AP_MODE;
 
                 /* AP */
                 bss->oper_mode = 0;
                 bss->wcn36xx_hal_persona = WCN36XX_HAL_STA_SAP_MODE;
-        } else if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC ||
-                   vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT) {
+        } else if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) {
                 bss->bss_type = WCN36XX_HAL_IBSS_MODE;
 
                 /* STA */
@@ -1309,7 +1309,11 @@ int wcn36xx_smd_send_beacon(struct wcn36xx *wcn, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
         memcpy(msg_body.bssid, vif->addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
         /* TODO need to find out why this is needed? */
-        msg_body.tim_ie_offset = tim_off+4;
+        if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)
+                /* mesh beacon don't need this, so push further down */
+                msg_body.tim_ie_offset = 256;
+        else
+                msg_body.tim_ie_offset = tim_off+4;
         msg_body.p2p_ie_offset = p2p_off;
         PREPARE_HAL_BUF(wcn->hal_buf, msg_body);