| From | Luis Henriques <> | Subject | [PATCH 3.11 115/272] rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP | Date | Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:56:44 +0000 |
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3.11.10.1 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
commit b4ade797668e33b4e8353c2701ce01d7084dfafa upstream.
The routine that processes received frames was returning the RSSI value for the signal strength; however, that value is available only for associated APs. As a result, the strength was the absurd value of 10 dBm. As a result, scans return incorrect values for the strength, which causes unwanted attempts to roam.
This patch fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63881.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Reported-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c index c709511..7d0f2e2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ bool rtl92se_rx_query_desc(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct rtl_stats *stats, } /*rx_status->qual = stats->signal; */ - rx_status->signal = stats->rssi + 10; + rx_status->signal = stats->recvsignalpower + 10; /*rx_status->noise = -stats->noise; */ return true; -- 1.8.3.2
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