carl9170: utilize fw seq counter for mgmt/non-QoS data frames

"mac80211 will properly assign sequence numbers to QoS-data
frames but cannot do so correctly for non-QoS-data and
management frames because beacons need them from that counter
as well and mac80211 cannot guarantee proper sequencing."

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c
index ecfb80b059d1..ede3d7e5a048 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c
@@ -662,6 +662,13 @@ init:
                         goto unlock;
         }
 
+        if (ar->fw.tx_seq_table) {
+                err = carl9170_write_reg(ar, ar->fw.tx_seq_table + vif_id * 4,
+                                         0);
+                if (err)
+                        goto unlock;
+        }
+
 unlock:
         if (err && (vif_id >= 0)) {
                 vif_priv->active = false;