This driver has a watchdog timer that attempts to reconnect when beacon frames are not seen for 6 seconds. This patch disables that reconnect whenever the device has never been connected.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <[email protected]> Cc: Stable <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c =================================================================== --- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c +++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/base.c @@ -1437,7 +1437,8 @@ void rtl_watchdog_wq_callback(void *data /* if we can't recv beacon for 6s, we should * reconnect this AP */ - if (rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times >= 3) { + if ((rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times >= 3) && + !is_zero_ether_addr(rtlpriv->mac80211.bssid)) { RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG, "AP off, try to reconnect now\n"); rtlpriv->link_info.roam_times = 0; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
