ipw2x00: change default policy for auto-associate

Do not attempt association until directed to do so by a user space
application. In particular, this avoids race conditions with
NetworkManager association state.

Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200
index 4f2a40f..80c7285 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200
+++ b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Where the supported parameter are:
        driver.  If disabled, the driver will not attempt to scan 
        for and associate to a network until it has been configured with 
        one or more properties for the target network, for example configuring 
-       the network SSID.  Default is 1 (auto-associate)
+       the network SSID.  Default is 0 (do not auto-associate)
        
        Example: % modprobe ipw2200 associate=0
 

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
index 6e988d2..079dbd0 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 static int debug = 0;
 static int mode = 0;
 static int channel = 0;
-static int associate = 1;
+static int associate = 0;
 static int disable = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 static struct ipw2100_fw ipw2100_firmware;
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ module_param(disable, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug level");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(mode, "network mode (0=BSS,1=IBSS,2=Monitor)");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(channel, "channel");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(associate, "auto associate when scanning (default on)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(associate, "auto associate when scanning (default off)");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable, "manually disable the radio (default 0 [radio on])");
 
 static u32 ipw2100_debug_level = IPW_DL_NONE;

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
index 13633d8..6ec6de2 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static int channel = 0;
 static int mode = 0;
 
 static u32 ipw_debug_level;
-static int associate = 1;
+static int associate;
 static int auto_create = 1;
 static int led = 0;
 static int disable = 0;
@@ -11913,7 +11913,7 @@ module_param(disable, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable, "manually disable the radio (default 0 [radio on])");
 
 module_param(associate, int, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(associate, "auto associate when scanning (default on)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(associate, "auto associate when scanning (default off)");
 
 module_param(auto_create, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(auto_create, "auto create adhoc network (default on)");