mac80211: Drop DS Channel PARAM in directed probe
Do not send DS Channel parameter for directed probe requests
in order to maximize the chance that we get a response. Some
badly-behaved APs don't respond when this parameter is included.
Signed-off-by: Paul Stewart <pstew@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index faca503..0f6052f 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,8 @@
ieee80211_send_nullfunc(sdata->local, sdata, 0);
} else {
ssid = ieee80211_bss_get_ie(ifmgd->associated, WLAN_EID_SSID);
- ieee80211_send_probe_req(sdata, dst, ssid + 2, ssid[1], NULL, 0);
+ ieee80211_send_probe_req(sdata, dst, ssid + 2, ssid[1], NULL, 0,
+ true);
}
ifmgd->probe_send_count++;
@@ -1289,7 +1290,7 @@
ssid = ieee80211_bss_get_ie(ifmgd->associated, WLAN_EID_SSID);
skb = ieee80211_build_probe_req(sdata, ifmgd->associated->bssid,
- ssid + 2, ssid[1], NULL, 0);
+ ssid + 2, ssid[1], NULL, 0, true);
return skb;
}