Workaround kernel BUG_ON panic caused by unexpected duplicate packets.

Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
index 6e79ae2..483993a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
@@ -7696,7 +7696,6 @@ static inline int is_network_packet(stru
 static inline int is_duplicate_packet(struct ipw_priv *priv,
                                      struct ieee80211_hdr_4addr *header)
 {
-       u16 fc = le16_to_cpu(header->frame_ctl);
        u16 sc = le16_to_cpu(header->seq_ctl);
        u16 seq = WLAN_GET_SEQ_SEQ(sc);
        u16 frag = WLAN_GET_SEQ_FRAG(sc);
@@ -7760,7 +7759,10 @@ static inline int is_duplicate_packet(st
        return 0;
 
       drop:
-       BUG_ON(!(fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_RETRY));
+       /* Comment this line now since we observed the card receives
+        * duplicate packets but the FCTL_RETRY bit is not set in the
+        * IBSS mode with fragmentation enabled.
+        BUG_ON(!(le16_to_cpu(header->frame_ctl) & IEEE80211_FCTL_RETRY)); */
        return 1;
 }
 

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