[PATCH 5/5] hostap: use the monitor interface if socket tx status is not supported

Felix Fietkau nbd
Fri Sep 14 06:12:29 PDT 2012


Fixes hostapd on recent compat-wireless builds with older kernels

Signed-hostap: Felix Fietkau <nbd at openwrt.org>
---
 src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
index 66389da..a5659c9 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -2661,10 +2661,10 @@ static int wpa_driver_nl80211_capa(struct wpa_driver_nl80211_data *drv)
 	drv->data_tx_status = info.data_tx_status;
 
 	/*
-	 * If poll command is supported mac80211 is new enough to
-	 * have everything we need to not need monitor interfaces.
+	 * If poll command and tx status are supported, mac80211 is new enough
+	 * to have everything we need to not need monitor interfaces.
 	 */
-	drv->use_monitor = !info.poll_command_supported;
+	drv->use_monitor = !info.poll_command_supported || !info.data_tx_status;
 
 	if (drv->device_ap_sme && drv->use_monitor) {
 		/*
-- 
1.7.9.6 (Apple Git-31.1)




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