openwrtv4/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/336-ath9k-declare-required-extra-tx-headroom.patch
Felix Fietkau 6e97442105 ath9k: fix handling of tx headroom for padding (fixes #20556)
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>

SVN-Revision: 47042
2015-09-24 15:02:15 +00:00

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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:57:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: declare required extra tx headroom
ath9k inserts padding between the 802.11 header and the data area (to
align it). Since it didn't declare this extra required headroom, this
led to some nasty issues like randomly dropped packets in some setups.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
---
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
@@ -875,6 +875,7 @@ static void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct at
hw->max_rate_tries = 10;
hw->sta_data_size = sizeof(struct ath_node);
hw->vif_data_size = sizeof(struct ath_vif);
+ hw->extra_tx_headroom = 4;
hw->wiphy->available_antennas_rx = BIT(ah->caps.max_rxchains) - 1;
hw->wiphy->available_antennas_tx = BIT(ah->caps.max_txchains) - 1;