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authorWey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>2009-04-20 14:37:00 -0700
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-04-22 16:57:19 -0400
commit279b05d4362472ae9269f982f00e644265bdbf94 (patch)
treeab919727ebb69a6d88e4285beb45254a0891eae0 /drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
parent86ddbf62c2daefebba13e3c79f88cbdfde766176 (diff)
iwlwifi: clean up unused NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR for Monitor mode
This patch clean up the code for NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR mode, priv->iw_mode is set in add_interface, but add_interface is never called for monitor mode. The only way mac80211 informs us about monitor mode is through configuring filter; since iw_mode will never set to NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR, modify and remove all the code refer to NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR and replace with iwl_is_monitor_mode() function call. Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c8
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
index c43c57d7a4c..bf7ad515e6a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
@@ -904,10 +904,11 @@ static u8 iwl_count_chain_bitmap(u32 chain_bitmap)
* never called for monitor mode. The only way mac80211 informs us about
* monitor mode is through configuring filters (call to configure_filter).
*/
-static bool iwl_is_monitor_mode(struct iwl_priv *priv)
+bool iwl_is_monitor_mode(struct iwl_priv *priv)
{
return !!(priv->staging_rxon.filter_flags & RXON_FILTER_PROMISC_MSK);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_is_monitor_mode);
/**
* iwl_set_rxon_chain - Set up Rx chain usage in "staging" RXON image
@@ -1071,11 +1072,6 @@ void iwl_connection_init_rx_config(struct iwl_priv *priv, int mode)
RXON_FILTER_ACCEPT_GRP_MSK;
break;
- case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
- priv->staging_rxon.dev_type = RXON_DEV_TYPE_SNIFFER;
- priv->staging_rxon.filter_flags = RXON_FILTER_PROMISC_MSK |
- RXON_FILTER_CTL2HOST_MSK | RXON_FILTER_ACCEPT_GRP_MSK;
- break;
default:
IWL_ERR(priv, "Unsupported interface type %d\n", mode);
break;