iwlwifi: fix hidden ssid discovery in passive channels

This enables sending of direct probes on passive channels, as long as
traffic was detected on that channel. This enables connectivity to
hidden/non broadcasting SSIDs APs on passive channels. Note 5000 HW
declares all 5.2 spectrum as passive.

Signed-off-by: Cahill Ben <ben.m.cahill@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c
index 9bb6adb28b73dd5a1aaf4041d61d03f9f2e0200b..6c8ac3a87d547f5ca2c4ad1543ec530e180dd467 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static int iwl_get_channels_for_scan(struct iwl_priv *priv,
                else
                        scan_ch->type = SCAN_CHANNEL_TYPE_ACTIVE;
 
-               if ((scan_ch->type & SCAN_CHANNEL_TYPE_ACTIVE) && n_probes)
+               if (n_probes)
                        scan_ch->type |= IWL_SCAN_PROBE_MASK(n_probes);
 
                scan_ch->active_dwell = cpu_to_le16(active_dwell);