Hi Ben, > > From: Amitkumar Karwar <akar...@marvell.com> > > > > commit d7b9c5204e9c6810a20d509ee47bc70419096e59 upstream. > > > > Currently "adapter->config_bands" is updated during infra > > association only if channel is provided by user in "iw connect" > > command. config_bands is used while preparing association > > request to calculate supported rates by intersecting our rates > > with the rates advertised by AP. > > > > There is corner case in which we include zero rates in > > supported rates TLV based on previous IBSS network history, > > which leads to association failure. > > > > This patch fixes the problem by correctly updating config_bands. > > > > Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akar...@marvell.com> > > Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bz...@marvell.com> > > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linvi...@tuxdriver.com> > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> > [...] > > Is this fix needed for earlier kernel versions (3.0, 3.2, 3.4)? If so, > could you provide backports?
This patch is not needed for earlier kernel 3.0, 3.2, and 3.4. Thanks, Bing
