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| -rw-r--r-- | net/wimax/op-rfkill.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/wimax/op-rfkill.c b/net/wimax/op-rfkill.c index 40e1210cdbd..94d339c345d 100644 --- a/net/wimax/op-rfkill.c +++ b/net/wimax/op-rfkill.c @@ -305,8 +305,15 @@ int wimax_rfkill(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev, enum wimax_rf_state state) d_fnstart(3, dev, "(wimax_dev %p state %u)\n", wimax_dev, state); mutex_lock(&wimax_dev->mutex); result = wimax_dev_is_ready(wimax_dev); - if (result < 0) + if (result < 0) { + /* While initializing, < 1.4.3 wimax-tools versions use + * this call to check if the device is a valid WiMAX + * device; so we allow it to proceed always, + * considering the radios are all off. */ + if (result == -ENOMEDIUM && state == WIMAX_RF_QUERY) + result = WIMAX_RF_OFF << 1 | WIMAX_RF_OFF; goto error_not_ready; + } switch (state) { case WIMAX_RF_ON: case WIMAX_RF_OFF: |