iwlwifi: mvm: Allow iwl_mvm_mac_mgd_prepare_tx() when associated
The FW does not allocate quota air time for the binding of a station MAC before iwlmvm indicates that it is associated. Currently iwlmvm indicates that the MAC is associated only after hearing a beacon from the AP. In case a deauthentication frame is sent before the MAC is associated, the frame might not be sent as the corresponding binding is not scheduled. To handle such cases, set IEEE80211_HW_DEAUTH_NEED_MGD_TX_PREP in the HW flags, requesting mac80211 to call the mgd_prepare_tx() callback before transmitting a deauthentication frame if associated but no beacon was heard from the AP. In addition, do not warn in iwl_mvm_mac_mgd_prepare_tx() when already associated as now the callback can be called also when associated. Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
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