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-rw-r--r--net/wimax/op-rfkill.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/wimax/op-rfkill.c b/net/wimax/op-rfkill.c
index 40e1210..94d339c 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: