ath9k: Fix monitor mode handling

mac80211 passes appropriate flags indicating whether
monitor mode is being used. Use this to set the HW opmode.

Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 1f7222a..b39c7bc 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1581,6 +1581,14 @@ static int ath9k_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed)
                }
        }
 
+       if (changed & IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_MONITOR) {
+               if (conf->flags & IEEE80211_CONF_MONITOR) {
+                       ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_CONFIG,
+                                 "HW opmode set to Monitor mode\n");
+                       sc->sc_ah->opmode = NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR;
+               }
+       }
+
        if (changed & IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL) {
                struct ieee80211_channel *curchan = hw->conf.channel;
                int pos = curchan->hw_value;