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--- a/ath/if_ath.c
+++ b/ath/if_ath.c
@@ -1452,6 +1452,23 @@
sc->sc_nstavaps++;
else if (opmode == IEEE80211_M_MONITOR)
sc->sc_nmonvaps++;
+
+
+ /* Driving the HAL in IBSS sometimes adapts the TSF and other timing registers
+ * from received beacons/probes. If that happens, expected TX interrupts may
+ * not occur until next reset. Which triggers the "lost beacon" tasklet.
+ * Resulting effectively in not sending packets for minutes. Because that only
+ * happens in large mesh networks, this mode needs to be activated by a kernel
+ * module parameter: hostap_for_ibss=1. Note that using this mode has side
+ * effects. Such as not supressing beacons/probe answers randomly when
+ * receiving other node beacons. It's recommended to lower the beacon interval
+ * then. When using an IBSS-VAP together with an HOSTAP-VAP, you may also need
+ * to re-trigger IBSS beacon generation after creating the HOSTAP-VAP by
+ * issueing "iwpriv athX bintval 1000".
+ */
+ if ((flags & IEEE80211_NO_STABEACONS) && (ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_IBSS))
+ sc->sc_opmode = HAL_M_HOSTAP;
+ else
/*
* Adhoc demo mode is a pseudo mode; to the HAL it's
* just IBSS mode and the driver doesn't use management
@@ -4279,7 +4296,8 @@
if (ic->ic_opmode != IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP && (dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC))
rfilt |= HAL_RX_FILTER_PROM;
if (ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_STA ||
- sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_IBSS || /* NB: AHDEMO too */
+ ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_IBSS ||
+ ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_AHDEMO ||
(sc->sc_nostabeacons) || sc->sc_scanning ||
(ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP))
rfilt |= HAL_RX_FILTER_BEACON;
@@ -6433,6 +6451,33 @@
}
/*
+ * Advances (forwards/adds) a microsecond value to current chip's TSF registers
+ */
+
+/* from ath_info.c */
+#define AR5K_TSF_L32_5210 0x806c /* TSF (lower 32 bits) */
+#define AR5K_TSF_L32_5211 0x804c
+#define AR5K_TSF_L32 (ar_device(ah->ah_sc->devid) == 5210 ? \
+ AR5K_TSF_L32_5210 : AR5K_TSF_L32_5211)
+
+#define AR5K_TSF_U32_5210 0x8070
+#define AR5K_TSF_U32_5211 0x8050
+#define AR5K_TSF_U32 (ar_device(ah->ah_sc->devid) == 5210 ? \
+ AR5K_TSF_U32_5210 : AR5K_TSF_U32_5211)
+
+static inline void ath_hal_settsf64(struct ath_hal *ah, u_int64_t tsf_adv)
+{
+ ATH_HAL_LOCK_IRQ(ah->ah_sc);
+ ath_hal_set_function(__func__);
+ tsf_adv += ah->ah_getTsf64(ah);
+ OS_REG_WRITE(ah, AR5K_TSF_L32, 0ll);
+ OS_REG_WRITE(ah, AR5K_TSF_U32, (tsf_adv >> 32) & 0xffffffffll);
+ OS_REG_WRITE(ah, AR5K_TSF_L32, (tsf_adv >> 00) & 0xffffffffll);
+ ath_hal_set_function(NULL);
+ ATH_HAL_UNLOCK_IRQ(ah->ah_sc);
+}
+
+/*
* Intercept management frames to collect beacon RSSI data and to do
* ibss merges. This function is called for all management frames,
* including those belonging to other BSS.
@@ -6485,10 +6530,19 @@
DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_BEACON,
"Updated beacon timers\n");
}
- if ((sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_IBSS) &&
- IEEE80211_ADDR_EQ(ni->ni_bssid, vap->iv_bss->ni_bssid) &&
- ath_hw_check_atim(sc, 1, vap->iv_bss->ni_intval)) {
- DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_ANY, "Fixed ATIM window after beacon recv\n");
+ if ((vap->iv_opmode == IEEE80211_M_IBSS) &&
+ (sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_HOSTAP) &&
+ IEEE80211_ADDR_EQ(ni->ni_bssid, vap->iv_bss->ni_bssid)) {
+ /* In this mode, we drive the HAL in HOSTAP mode. Hence
+ * we do the IBSS merging in software. Also do not merge
+ * if the difference it too small. Otherwise we are playing
+ * tsf-pingpong with other vendors drivers */
+ beacon_tsf = le64_to_cpu(ni->ni_tstamp.tsf);
+ if (beacon_tsf > rtsf + 0xffff) {
+ ath_hal_settsf64(sc->sc_ah, beacon_tsf - rtsf);
+ ieee80211_ibss_merge(ni);
+ }
+ break;
}
/* NB: Fall Through */
case IEEE80211_FC0_SUBTYPE_PROBE_RESP:
@@ -6561,6 +6615,10 @@
#endif
if (do_merge)
ieee80211_ibss_merge(ni);
+
+ if ((sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_IBSS) &&
+ ath_hw_check_atim(sc, 1, vap->iv_bss->ni_intval))
+ DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_ANY, "Fixed ATIM window after beacon recv\n");
}
break;
}
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