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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-03-27 21:35:03 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-03-27 21:35:03 -0400
commit5d80f8e5a9dc9c9a94d4aeaa567e219a808b8a4a (patch)
tree357258d77e2153ef7409926773655c5f8775a1f3 /Documentation
parent7b616c8a2f5c8507b4aed6907336ec5b85803a39 (diff)
parent0870352bc6e0dee485c86a0c99dd60e7089c8917 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (166 commits) Revert "ax25: zero length frame filtering in AX25" Revert "netrom: zero length frame filtering in NetRom" cfg80211: default CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY to n mac80211/iwlwifi: move virtual A-MDPU queue bookkeeping to iwlwifi mac80211: fix aggregation to not require queue stop mac80211: add skb length sanity checking mac80211: unify and fix TX aggregation start mac80211: clean up __ieee80211_tx args mac80211: rework the pending packets code mac80211: fix A-MPDU queue assignment mac80211: rewrite fragmentation iwlwifi: show current driver status in user readable format b43: Add BCM4307 PCI-ID cfg80211: fix locking in nl80211_set_wiphy mac80211: fix RX path ath5k: properly drop packets from ops->tx ar9170: single module build ath9k: fix dma mapping leak of rx buffer upon rmmod rt2x00: New USB ID for rt73usb ath5k: warn and correct rate for unknown hw rate indexes ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt37
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl
index 8af6d9626878..fbeaffc1dcc3 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ usage should require reading the full document.
227!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Powersave support 227!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Powersave support
228 </chapter> 228 </chapter>
229 229
230 <chapter id="beacon-filter">
231 <title>Beacon filter support</title>
232!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Beacon filter support
233!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_beacon_loss
234 </chapter>
235
230 <chapter id="qos"> 236 <chapter id="qos">
231 <title>Multiple queues and QoS support</title> 237 <title>Multiple queues and QoS support</title>
232 <para>TBD</para> 238 <para>TBD</para>
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index e47c0ff8ba7a..02ea3773535e 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -6,20 +6,47 @@ be removed from this file.
6 6
7--------------------------- 7---------------------------
8 8
9What: old static regulatory information and ieee80211_regdom module parameter 9What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter
10When: 2.6.29 10When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
11
12Why: This was inherited by the CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY code,
13 and currently serves as an option for users to define an
14 ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 code for the country they are currently
15 present in. Although there are userspace API replacements for this
16 through nl80211 distributions haven't yet caught up with implementing
17 decent alternatives through standard GUIs. Although available as an
18 option through iw or wpa_supplicant its just a matter of time before
19 distributions pick up good GUI options for this. The ideal solution
20 would actually consist of intelligent designs which would do this for
21 the user automatically even when travelling through different countries.
22 Until then we leave this module parameter as a compromise.
23
24 When userspace improves with reasonable widely-available alternatives for
25 this we will no longer need this module parameter. This entry hopes that
26 by the super-futuristically looking date of "March 2010" we will have
27 such replacements widely available.
28
29Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
30
31---------------------------
32
33What: CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY - old static regulatory information
34When: March 2010 / desktop catchup
35
11Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one 36Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one
12 which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do 37 which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do
13 not want to keep static regulatory domains in the kernel due to the 38 not want to keep static regulatory domains in the kernel due to the
14 the dynamic nature of regulatory law and localization. We kept around 39 the dynamic nature of regulatory law and localization. We kept around
15 the old static definitions for the regulatory domains of: 40 the old static definitions for the regulatory domains of:
41
16 * US 42 * US
17 * JP 43 * JP
18 * EU 44 * EU
45
19 and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was 46 and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was
20 set. We also kept around the ieee80211_regdom module parameter in case 47 set. We will remove this option once the standard Linux desktop catches
21 some applications were relying on it. Changing regulatory domains 48 up with the new userspace APIs we have implemented.
22 can now be done instead by using nl80211, as is done with iw. 49
23Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> 50Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
24 51
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