return rc;
        }
 
-       if ((priv->iw_mode == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) &&
-           (!conf->ssid_len)) {
-               IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211
-                   ("Leaving in AP mode because HostAPD is not ready.\n");
-               return 0;
-       }
-
        if (!iwl_is_alive(priv))
                return -EAGAIN;
 
 
 
        /* XXX: this MUST use conf->mac_addr */
 
-       if ((priv->iw_mode == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) &&
-           (!conf->ssid_len)) {
-               IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211
-                   ("Leaving in AP mode because HostAPD is not ready.\n");
-               return 0;
-       }
-
        if (!iwl3945_is_alive(priv))
                return -EAGAIN;
 
 
  * enum ieee80211_if_conf_change - interface config change flags
  *
  * @IEEE80211_IFCC_BSSID: The BSSID changed.
- * @IEEE80211_IFCC_SSID: The SSID changed.
  * @IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON: The beacon for this interface changed
  *     (currently AP and MESH only), use ieee80211_beacon_get().
  */
 enum ieee80211_if_conf_change {
        IEEE80211_IFCC_BSSID    = BIT(0),
-       IEEE80211_IFCC_SSID     = BIT(1),
-       IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON   = BIT(2),
+       IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON   = BIT(1),
 };
 
 /**
  *
  * @changed: parameters that have changed, see &enum ieee80211_if_conf_change.
  * @bssid: BSSID of the network we are associated to/creating.
- * @ssid: used (together with @ssid_len) by drivers for hardware that
- *     generate beacons independently. The pointer is valid only during the
- *     config_interface() call, so copy the value somewhere if you need
- *     it.
- * @ssid_len: length of the @ssid field.
  *
  * This structure is passed to the config_interface() callback of
  * &struct ieee80211_hw.
 struct ieee80211_if_conf {
        u32 changed;
        u8 *bssid;
-       u8 *ssid;
-       size_t ssid_len;
 };
 
 /**
 
 
        struct list_head vlans;
 
-       u8 ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN];
-       size_t ssid_len;
-
        /* yes, this looks ugly, but guarantees that we can later use
         * bitmap_empty :)
         * NB: don't touch this bitmap, use sta_info_{set,clear}_tim_bit */
 
        conf.changed = changed;
 
        if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION ||
-           sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) {
+           sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
                conf.bssid = sdata->u.sta.bssid;
-               conf.ssid = sdata->u.sta.ssid;
-               conf.ssid_len = sdata->u.sta.ssid_len;
-       } else if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) {
+       else if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
                conf.bssid = sdata->dev->dev_addr;
-               conf.ssid = sdata->u.ap.ssid;
-               conf.ssid_len = sdata->u.ap.ssid_len;
-       } else if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif)) {
+       else if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif)) {
                u8 zero[ETH_ALEN] = { 0 };
                conf.bssid = zero;
-               conf.ssid = zero;
-               conf.ssid_len = 0;
        } else {
                WARN_ON(1);
                return -EINVAL;
        if (WARN_ON(!conf.bssid && (changed & IEEE80211_IFCC_BSSID)))
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       if (WARN_ON(!conf.ssid && (changed & IEEE80211_IFCC_SSID)))
-               return -EINVAL;
-
        return local->ops->config_interface(local_to_hw(local),
                                            &sdata->vif, &conf);
 }
 
 int ieee80211_sta_set_ssid(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, char *ssid, size_t len)
 {
        struct ieee80211_if_sta *ifsta;
-       int res;
 
        if (len > IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN)
                return -EINVAL;
                memcpy(ifsta->ssid, ssid, len);
                ifsta->ssid_len = len;
                ifsta->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_PREV_BSSID_SET;
-
-               res = 0;
-               /*
-                * Hack! MLME code needs to be cleaned up to have different
-                * entry points for configuration and internal selection change
-                */
-               if (netif_running(sdata->dev))
-                       res = ieee80211_if_config(sdata, IEEE80211_IFCC_SSID);
-               if (res) {
-                       printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Failed to config new SSID to "
-                              "the low-level driver\n", sdata->dev->name);
-                       return res;
-               }
        }
 
        if (len)
 
                return 0;
        }
 
-       if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) {
-               memcpy(sdata->u.ap.ssid, ssid, len);
-               memset(sdata->u.ap.ssid + len, 0,
-                      IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN - len);
-               sdata->u.ap.ssid_len = len;
-               return ieee80211_if_config(sdata, IEEE80211_IFCC_SSID);
-       }
        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
                return res;
        }
 
-       if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) {
-               len = sdata->u.ap.ssid_len;
-               if (len > IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE)
-                       len = IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE;
-               memcpy(ssid, sdata->u.ap.ssid, len);
-               data->length = len;
-               data->flags = 1;
-               return 0;
-       }
        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }