From 8f7c41d4cec91cdbfa89b4a77d5a628938875366 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ivan Kuten Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:39:25 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] rtl8187: Add Abocom USB ID Signed-off-by: Ivan Kuten Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c index 431e3c78bf2..0ce9fb03795 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c @@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ static struct usb_device_id rtl8187_table[] __devinitdata = { {USB_DEVICE(0x03f0, 0xca02), .driver_info = DEVICE_RTL8187}, /* Sitecom */ {USB_DEVICE(0x0df6, 0x000d), .driver_info = DEVICE_RTL8187}, + /* Abocom */ + {USB_DEVICE(0x13d1, 0xabe6), .driver_info = DEVICE_RTL8187}, {} }; From db7fb86b0ca565cf3537401612581a8158025cc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:28:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] mac80211: fix notify_mac function The ieee80211_notify_mac() function uses ieee80211_sta_req_auth() which in turn calls ieee80211_set_disassoc() which calls a few functions that need to be able to sleep, so ieee80211_notify_mac() cannot use RCU locking for the interface list and must use rtnl locking instead. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- net/mac80211/mlme.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c index 87665d7bb4f..14d165f0df7 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c @@ -2570,14 +2570,14 @@ void ieee80211_notify_mac(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, switch (notif_type) { case IEEE80211_NOTIFY_RE_ASSOC: - rcu_read_lock(); - list_for_each_entry_rcu(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) { + rtnl_lock(); + list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) { if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) continue; ieee80211_sta_req_auth(sdata, &sdata->u.sta); } - rcu_read_unlock(); + rtnl_unlock(); break; } } From f3c769185a28b7947d97b3552a977102c1fac3f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Jolliffe Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:16:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] rtl8187 : support for Sitecom WL-168 0001 v4 the Sitecom 0001 v4 with product id 0x0df6:0028, uses Realtek's RTL8187B and work fine with new 2.6.27 driver. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c index 0ce9fb03795..69eb0132593 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ static struct usb_device_id rtl8187_table[] __devinitdata = { {USB_DEVICE(0x03f0, 0xca02), .driver_info = DEVICE_RTL8187}, /* Sitecom */ {USB_DEVICE(0x0df6, 0x000d), .driver_info = DEVICE_RTL8187}, + {USB_DEVICE(0x0df6, 0x0028), .driver_info = DEVICE_RTL8187B}, /* Abocom */ {USB_DEVICE(0x13d1, 0xabe6), .driver_info = DEVICE_RTL8187}, {} From f7cd168645dda3e9067f24fabbfa787f9a237488 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:54:22 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] hostap: pad the skb->cb usage in lieu of a proper fix Like mac80211 did, this driver makes 'clever' use of skb->cb to pass information along with an skb as it is requeued from the virtual device to the physical wireless device. Unfortunately, that trick no longer works... Unlike mac80211, code complexity and driver apathy makes this hack the best option we have in the short run. Hopefully someone will eventually be motivated to code a proper fix before all the effected hardware dies. (Above text by me. Johannes officially disavows all knowledge of this hack. -- JWL) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h index ffdf4876121..a68f97c3935 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h @@ -918,9 +918,12 @@ struct hostap_interface { /* * TX meta data - stored in skb->cb buffer, so this must not be increased over - * the 40-byte limit + * the 48-byte limit. + * THE PADDING THIS STARTS WITH IS A HORRIBLE HACK THAT SHOULD NOT LIVE + * TO SEE THE DAY. */ struct hostap_skb_tx_data { + unsigned int __padding_for_default_qdiscs; u32 magic; /* HOSTAP_SKB_TX_DATA_MAGIC */ u8 rate; /* transmit rate */ #define HOSTAP_TX_FLAGS_WDS BIT(0)