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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_dev.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_dev.c
index 04c2638d75a..9196825ed1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_dev.c
@@ -388,8 +388,15 @@ islpci_open(struct net_device *ndev)
netif_start_queue(ndev);
- /* Turn off carrier unless we know we have associated */
- netif_carrier_off(ndev);
+ /* Turn off carrier if in STA or Ad-hoc mode. It will be turned on
+ * once the firmware receives a trap of being associated
+ * (GEN_OID_LINKSTATE). In other modes (AP or WDS or monitor) we
+ * should just leave the carrier on as its expected the firmware
+ * won't send us a trigger. */
+ if (priv->iw_mode == IW_MODE_INFRA || priv->iw_mode == IW_MODE_ADHOC)
+ netif_carrier_off(ndev);
+ else
+ netif_carrier_on(ndev);
return 0;
}