mac80211: explicitly disable/enable QoS

Add interface to disable/enable QoS (aka WMM or WME). Currently drivers
enable it explicitly when ->conf_tx method is called, and newer disable.
Disabling is needed for some APs, which do not support QoS, such
we should send QoS frames to them.

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index ecaae10426f9..dcf3c5f23c96 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -587,11 +587,15 @@ struct ieee80211_rx_status {
  *      may turn the device off as much as possible. Typically, this flag will
  *      be set when an interface is set UP but not associated or scanning, but
  *      it can also be unset in that case when monitor interfaces are active.
+ * @IEEE80211_CONF_QOS: Enable 802.11e QoS also know as WMM (Wireless
+ *      Multimedia). On some drivers (iwlwifi is one of know) we have
+ *      to enable/disable QoS explicitly.
  */
 enum ieee80211_conf_flags {
         IEEE80211_CONF_MONITOR          = (1<<0),
         IEEE80211_CONF_PS               = (1<<1),
         IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE             = (1<<2),
+        IEEE80211_CONF_QOS              = (1<<3),
 };
 
 
@@ -616,6 +620,7 @@ enum ieee80211_conf_changed {
         IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL           = BIT(6),
         IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RETRY_LIMITS      = BIT(7),
         IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_IDLE              = BIT(8),
+        IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_QOS               = BIT(9),
 };
 
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