ieee80211 framework and ndis [patch]

Sam Leffler sam at errno.com
Wed Dec 15 11:34:19 PST 2004


Stephane E. Potvin wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> While trying to get my Dell TrueMobile 1400 wireless card (Broadcom
> BCM4309 based). I noticed that the ndis driver (if_ndis) does not check
> the ic_mgtq queue for packets to transmit, which was causing the ndis
> driver to reset itself via the watchdog. The following patch address
> this issue (feel free to change as you wish, I'm not particularly
> thrilled by the way I fixed it).

Getting the ndisulator to support WPA is far more than just hooking up 
xmit of management frames.  You can look at how Linux's equivalent ndis 
emulator does it for some hints.  When you've got it all working we can 
talk about applying patches.

	Sam


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