ath5k: use correct packet type when transmitting

The hardware needs to know what type of frames are being
sent in order to fill in various fields, for example the
timestamp in probe responses (before this patch, it was
always 0).  Set it correctly when initializing the TX
descriptor.

Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

2 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h
index ad4d446f0264..ac67f02e26d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ struct ath5k_txq_info {
 /*
  * Transmit packet types.
  * used on tx control descriptor
- * TODO: Use them inside base.c corectly
  */
 enum ath5k_pkt_type {
         AR5K_PKT_TYPE_NORMAL            = 0,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index 97d642575550..2468c64d6c12 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -1246,6 +1246,29 @@ ath5k_rxbuf_setup(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ath5k_buf *bf)
         return 0;
 }
 
+static enum ath5k_pkt_type get_hw_packet_type(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+        struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
+        enum ath5k_pkt_type htype;
+        __le16 fc;
+
+        hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
+        fc = hdr->frame_control;
+
+        if (ieee80211_is_beacon(fc))
+                htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_BEACON;
+        else if (ieee80211_is_probe_resp(fc))
+                htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_PROBE_RESP;
+        else if (ieee80211_is_atim(fc))
+                htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_ATIM;
+        else if (ieee80211_is_pspoll(fc))
+                htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_PSPOLL;
+        else
+                htype = AR5K_PKT_TYPE_NORMAL;
+
+        return htype;
+}
+
 static int
 ath5k_txbuf_setup(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ath5k_buf *bf,
                   struct ath5k_txq *txq)
@@ -1300,7 +1323,8 @@ ath5k_txbuf_setup(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ath5k_buf *bf,
                         sc->vif, pktlen, info));
         }
         ret = ah->ah_setup_tx_desc(ah, ds, pktlen,
-                ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(skb), AR5K_PKT_TYPE_NORMAL,
+                ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(skb),
+                get_hw_packet_type(skb),
                 (sc->power_level * 2),
                 hw_rate,
                 info->control.rates[0].count, keyidx, ah->ah_tx_ant, flags,