[PATCH] ath10k: strip qos data bit always

[Kalle Valo]

Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com> writes:

> NativeWifi tx mode expects QoS Data frames to be
> delivered as Data frames with QoS part (e.g. tid)
> being delievered out-of-band in fw tx command.
>
> The QoS bit wasn't stripped before submitting to
> firmware.
>
> Stripping fixes two known problems:
>
>  * qca6174 IOT with some APs, e.g.
>    Cisco AIR-AP 1252 (which would crash after
>    ath10k association). Some ath9k APs would
>    crash as well.
>
>  * sniffing own tx frames via radiotap because,
>    e.g. wireshark was seeing QoS bit set but
>    since QoS Control was stripped in ath10k it
>    would parse beginning of LLC/SNAP
>
>>From debugability point of view this removes the
> ability to distinguish QoS from non-QoS frames
> when sniffing own tx via radiotap. On the other
> hand frames can be now parsed correctly without
> special software modification.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com>

Thanks, applied.

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Kalle Valo