From 7bb7c3a326f509acbdaf550b54fba565544ef200 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 20:02:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] Orinoco: ignore_disconnect flag Adds an ignore_disconnect module parameter. When enabled, the driver will continue attempting to send packets even when the firmware has told us we've lost our link to the AP. On some firmwares this substantially increases the usable range of the card (presumably because we have an interrmittent connection, but the firmware is able to queue the packets for us until we're connected again). On some other cards, it causes the firmware to fall in a screaming heap :( (hence, default off). Signed-off-by: David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> --- drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c index 3eab7e0b8507..01cf28568bc2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c @@ -492,6 +492,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(orinoco_debug); static int suppress_linkstatus; /* = 0 */ module_param(suppress_linkstatus, bool, 0644); MODULE_PARM_DESC(suppress_linkstatus, "Don't log link status changes"); +static int ignore_disconnect; /* = 0 */ +module_param(ignore_disconnect, int, 0644); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(ignore_disconnect, "Don't report lost link to the network layer"); /********************************************************************/ /* Compile time configuration and compatibility stuff */ @@ -1320,7 +1323,7 @@ static void __orinoco_ev_info(struct net_device *dev, hermes_t *hw) if (connected) netif_carrier_on(dev); - else + else if (!ignore_disconnect) netif_carrier_off(dev); if (newstatus != priv->last_linkstatus) -- GitLab