mac80211: allow driver to ask for a rate control algorithm

This allows a driver to ask for a specific rate control algorithm.
The rate control algorithm asked for must be registered and be
available as a module or built-in.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
index 52ba6ef90685..e0ee65a969bc 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
@@ -1072,7 +1072,8 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
         ieee80211_debugfs_add_netdev(IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(local->mdev));
         ieee80211_if_set_type(local->mdev, IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP);
 
-        result = ieee80211_init_rate_ctrl_alg(local, NULL);
+        result = ieee80211_init_rate_ctrl_alg(local,
+                                              hw->rate_control_algorithm);
         if (result < 0) {
                 printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Failed to initialize rate control "
                        "algorithm\n", wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy));