| From | Ben Hutchings <> | Date | Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:08:43 +0100 | Subject | [PATCH 3.2 047/185] rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP |
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3.2.54-rc1 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> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> --- drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/trx.c @@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ bool rtl92se_rx_query_desc(struct ieee80 } /*rx_status->qual = stats->signal; */ - rx_status->signal = stats->rssi + 10; + rx_status->signal = stats->recvsignalpower + 10; /*rx_status->noise = -stats->noise; */ return true;
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