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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c13
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
index 1f83d5fbf6b..042ab00d8bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2x00mac_remove_interface);
int rt2x00mac_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_conf *conf)
{
struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = hw->priv;
+ int force_reconfig;
/*
* Mac80211 might be calling this function while we are trying
@@ -329,7 +330,17 @@ int rt2x00mac_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_conf *conf)
rt2x00lib_toggle_rx(rt2x00dev, STATE_RADIO_RX_OFF);
}
- rt2x00lib_config(rt2x00dev, conf, 0);
+ /*
+ * When the DEVICE_DIRTY_CONFIG flag is set, the device has recently
+ * been started and the configuration must be forced upon the hardware.
+ * Otherwise registers will not be intialized correctly and could
+ * result in non-working hardware because essential registers aren't
+ * initialized.
+ */
+ force_reconfig =
+ __test_and_clear_bit(DEVICE_DIRTY_CONFIG, &rt2x00dev->flags);
+
+ rt2x00lib_config(rt2x00dev, conf, force_reconfig);
/*
* Reenable RX only if the radio should be on.