[PATCH] Send probe as unicast in joining state

[Kalle Valo]

Eugene Krasnikov <k.eugene.e at gmail.com> writes:

> While joining mac will try to send direct probe in case mac
> never received any probes from AP. But mac instead of sending
> unicast probe will send broadcast probe because some APs do
> not answer to direct packet in unassociated state. And HW
> cannot send broadcast packets in joining state so trick it
> like we are sending unicast probe instead of broadcast.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Krasnikov <k.eugene.e at gmail.com>

Looks good to me. It's a hack, but I guess we don't have any better
solution for the time being.

A cosmetic comment still:

> +	/*
> +	 * In joining state trick hardware that probe is sent as unicast even
> +	 * if address is broadcast.
> +	 */
> +	if (wcn->is_joining && ieee80211_is_probe_req(mgmt->frame_control)) {
> +		bcast = false;
> +	}

Upstream coding style prefers not to use braces here.

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Kalle Valo