From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 05:03:42 +0000 (+0530) Subject: ath9k: remove incompatible IBSS interface check in change_iface X-Git-Tag: v3.5-rc5~17^2~34^2~5 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a23415fd7ed4bfa8e203ecf141d43da7180193af;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git ath9k: remove incompatible IBSS interface check in change_iface 'cfg80211: fix interface combinations' ensures that if an interface type is not advertised by the driver in any of the interface combinations (via ieee80211_iface_combination) then it shall be treated as a single incompatible interface. if there are more than one interfaces present and changing them to incompatible interface type is not possible. These checks will be properly handled by cfg80211_change_iface -> cfg80211_can_change_interface. this patch is dependent on 'cfg80211: fix interface combinations' Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c index 08506f190f2..ac41f1e3ab9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c @@ -1467,15 +1467,6 @@ static int ath9k_change_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, mutex_lock(&sc->mutex); ath9k_ps_wakeup(sc); - /* See if new interface type is valid. */ - if ((new_type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) && - (sc->nvifs > 1)) { - ath_err(common, "When using ADHOC, it must be the only" - " interface.\n"); - ret = -EINVAL; - goto out; - } - if (ath9k_uses_beacons(new_type) && !ath9k_uses_beacons(vif->type)) { if (sc->nbcnvifs >= ATH_BCBUF) {