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* mac80211: clean up __ieee80211_tx argsJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | __ieee80211_tx takes a struct ieee80211_tx_data argument, but only uses a few of its members, namely 'skb' and 'sta'. Make that explicit, so that less internal knowledge is required in ieee80211_tx_pending and the possibility of introducing errors here is removed. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: rework the pending packets codeJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | The pending packets code is quite incomprehensible, uses memory barriers nobody really understands, etc. This patch reworks it entirely, using the queue spinlock, proper stop bits and the skb queues themselves to indicate whether packets are pending or not (rather than a separate variable like before). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: fix A-MPDU queue assignmentJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Internally, mac80211 requires the skb's queue mapping to be set to the AC queue, not the virtual A-MPDU queue. This is not done correctly currently, this patch moves the code down to directly before the driver is invoked and adds a comment that it will be moved into the driver later. Since this requires __ieee80211_tx() to have the sta pointer, make sure to provide it in ieee80211_tx_pending(). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: rewrite fragmentationJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fragmentation currently uses an allocated array to store the fragment skbs, and then keeps track of which have been sent and which are still pending etc. This is rather complicated; make it simpler by just chaining the fragments into skb->next and removing from that list when sent. Also simplifies all code that needs to touch fragments, since it now only needs to walk the skb->next list. This is a prerequisite for fixing the stored packet code, which I need to do for proper aggregation packet storing. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* iwlwifi: show current driver status in user readable formatWey-Yi Guy2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | change the display of current driver status bit to user readable format for better and easier debugging Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* b43: Add BCM4307 PCI-IDMichael Buesch2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 00:09.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4307 Ethernet Controller [14e4:4306] (rev 03) Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation BCM4307 Ethernet Controller [14e4:4306] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 Memory at d7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb Reported-by: yoann <yoann71@msn.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* cfg80211: fix locking in nl80211_set_wiphyJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Luis reports that there's a circular locking dependency; this is because cfg80211_dev_rename() will acquire the cfg80211_mutex while the device mutex is held, while this normally is done the other way around. The solution is to open-code the device-getting in nl80211_set_wiphy and require holding the mutex around cfg80211_dev_rename rather than acquiring it within. Also fix a bug -- rtnl locking is expected by drivers so we need to provide it. Reported-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: fix RX pathJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | My previous patch ("mac80211: remove mixed-cell and userspace MLME code") was too obvious to me, so obvious that a stupid bug crept in. The IBSS RX function must be invoked for IBSS, of course, not anything != IBSS. Reported-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ath5k: properly drop packets from ops->txBob Copeland2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | We shouldn't return NETDEV_TX_BUSY from the TX callback, especially after we've mucked with the sk_buffs. Drop the packets and return NETDEV_TX_OK. Changes-licensed-under: 3-Clause-BSD Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ar9170: single module buildChristian Lamparter2009-03-27
| | | | | | | This patch restores all-in-one module build procedure for ar9170. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ath9k: fix dma mapping leak of rx buffer upon rmmodLuis R. Rodriguez2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | We were claiming DMA buffers on the RX tasklet but never upon a simple module removal. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* rt2x00: New USB ID for rt73usbIvo van Doorn2009-03-27
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ath5k: warn and correct rate for unknown hw rate indexesBob Copeland2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ath5k sets up a mapping table from the hardware rate index to the rate index used by mac80211; however, we have seen some received frames with incorrect rate indexes. Such frames normally get dropped with a warning in __ieee80211_rx(), but it doesn't include enough information to track down the error. This patch adds a warning to hw_to_driver_rix for any lookups that result in a rate index of -1, then returns a valid rate so the frame can be processed. Changes-licensed-under: 3-Clause-BSD Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* b43: fix b43_plcp_get_bitrate_idx_ofdm return typeLorenzo Nava2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes the return type of b43_plcp_get_bitrate_idx_ofdm. If the plcp contains an error, the function return value is 255 instead of -1, and the packet was not dropped. This causes a warning in __ieee80211_rx function because rate idx is out of range. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Nava <navalorenx@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* p54: Kconfig maintenanceChristian Lamparter2009-03-27
| | | | | | | This patch updates p54's Kconfig entry and removes the out-dated device list. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: rate control status only for controlled packetsJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | This patch changes mac80211 to not notify the rate control algorithm's tx_status() method when reporting status for a packet that didn't go through the rate control algorithm's get_rate() method. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ar9170: simplify & deBUG tx_status queueing and reportingChristian Lamparter2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch simplifies the tx_status report code by using four tx_queues per station instead of only one. (the skb lookup should be in O(1) now :-p ). Also, it fixes a really obvious copy&paste bug in the janitor work code and adds back a few spilled bits to the hardware definition header about QoS. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: add beacon filtering supportKalle Valo2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | Add IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTERING flag so that driver inform that it supports beacon filtering. Drivers need to call the new function ieee80211_beacon_loss() to notify about beacon loss. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* cfg80211: add feature to hold bssKalle Valo2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | In beacon filtering there needs to be a way to not expire the BSS even when no beacons are received. Add an interface to cfg80211 to hold BSS and make sure that it's not expired. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: disable power save when scanningKalle Valo2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | When software scanning we need to disable power save so that all possible probe responses and beacons are received. For hardware scanning assume that hardware will take care of that and document that assumption. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: track beacons separately from the rx path activityKalle Valo2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | Separate beacon and rx path tracking in preparation for the beacon filtering support. At the same time change ieee80211_associated() to look a bit simpler. Probe requests are now sent only after IEEE80211_PROBE_IDLE_TIME, which is now set to 60 seconds. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: decrease execution of the associated timerKalle Valo2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Currently the timer is triggering every two seconds (IEEE80211_MONITORING_INTERVAL). Decrease the timer to only trigger during data idle periods to avoid waking up CPU unnecessary. The timer will still trigger during idle periods, that needs to be fixed later. There's also a functional change that probe requests are sent only when the data path is idle, earlier they were sent also while there was activity on the data path. This is also preparation for the beacon filtering support. Thanks to Johannes Berg for the idea. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ath5k: Support LED's on Acer Extensa 5620zTulio Magno Quites Machado Filho2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | Add vendor ID for Quanta Microsystems and update the led table with the reported device. Reported-by: Scott Barnes <nekoreeve@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ar9170: update Makefile, Kconfig and MAINTAINERSChristian Lamparter2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch update all necessary Makefile and Kconfig files. Now you can then enable ar9170 in the kernel configuration under: Device Drivers ---> [*] Network device support ---> Wireless LAN ---> [*] Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11) <M> Atheros AR9170 support <M> Atheros AR9170 USB support Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ar9170: ar9170: USB frontend driverChristian Lamparter2009-03-27
| | | | | | | USB frontend driver code for Atheros' AR9170 modules. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ar9170: mac/bbp and phy codeChristian Lamparter2009-03-27
| | | | | | | MAC/BBP and PHY programming code Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ar9170: ar9170: mac80211 interaction codeChristian Lamparter2009-03-27
| | | | | | | This patch contains almost all mac80211 interaction code of AR9170. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ar9170: hardware and eeprom header filesChristian Lamparter2009-03-27
| | | | | | | hardware / firmware interface definitions for Atheros' AR9170 based devices. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: remove mixed-cell and userspace MLME codeJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | Neither can currently be set from userspace, so there's no regression potential, and neither will be supported from userspace since the new userspace APIs allow the SME, which is in userspace, to control all we need. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* cfg80211: accept no-op interface mode changesJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | When somebody tries to set the interface mode to the existing mode, don't ask the driver but silently accept the setting. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* cfg80211: remove code about country IE support with OLD_REGLuis R. Rodriguez2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | We had left in code to allow interested developers to add support for parsing country IEs when OLD_REG was enabled. This never happened and since we're going to remove OLD_REG lets just remove these comments and code for it. This code path was never being entered so this has no functional change. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* cfg80211: make regdom module parameter available oustide of OLD_REGLuis R. Rodriguez2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It seems a few users are using this module parameter although its not recommended. People are finding it useful despite there being utilities for setting this in userspace. I'm not aware of any distribution using this though. Until userspace and distributions catch up with a default userspace automatic replacement (GeoClue integration would be nirvana) we copy the ieee80211_regdom module parameter from OLD_REG to the new reg code to help these users migrate. Users who are using the non-valid ISO / IEC 3166 alpha "EU" in their ieee80211_regdom module parameter and migrate to non-OLD_REG enabled system will world roam. This also schedules removal of this same ieee80211_regdom module parameter circa March 2010. Hope is by then nirvana is reached and users will abandoned the module parameter completely. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* cfg80211: fix incorrect assumption on last_request for 11dLuis R. Rodriguez2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The incorrect assumption is the last regulatory request (last_request) is always a country IE when processing country IEs. Although this is true 99% of the time the first time this happens this could not be true. This fixes an oops in the branch check for the last_request when accessing drv_last_ie. The access was done under the assumption the struct won't be null. Note to stable: to port to 29 replace as follows, only 29 has country IE code: s|NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_COUNTRY_IE|REGDOM_SET_BY_COUNTRY_IE Cc: stable@kernel.org Reported-by: Quentin Armitage <Quentin@armitage.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* cfg80211: force last_request to be set for OLD_REG if regdom is EULuis R. Rodriguez2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | Although EU is a bogus alpha2 we need to process the send request as our code depends on last_request being set. Cc: stable@kernel.org Reported-by: Quentin Armitage <Quentin@armitage.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211_hwsim: let the reg workqueue breathe when regtest is setLuis R. Rodriguez2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | Without this the regulatory domain isn't seen and we end up intersecting for each request (each radio). Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* Add mesh point functionality to ath9kPat Erley2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | This patch enables mesh point operation for ath9k. Tested with b43, ath9k, rt2500usb, and ath5k as peers. Signed-off-by: Pat Erley <pat-lkml@erley.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* p54: fix SoftLED compile dependenciesChristian Lamparter2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | This patch fixes a compile problem when the MAC80211_LEDS triggers are enabled but not LED class itself. (which is sort of pointless, but anyway...) Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* nl80211: Check iftype in cfg80211 codeJouni Malinen2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | We do not want to require all the drivers using cfg80211 to need to do this. In addition, make the error values consistent by using EOPNOTSUPP instead of semi-random assortment of errno values. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* nl80211: Check that netif_runnin is true in cfg80211 codeJouni Malinen2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | We do not want to require all the drivers using cfg80211 to need to do this or to be prepared to handle these commands when the interface is down. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* nl80211: Add more through validation of MLME command parametersJouni Malinen2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | Check that the used authentication type and reason code are valid here so that drivers/mac80211 do not need to care about this. In addition, remove the unnecessary validation of SSID attribute length which is taken care of by netlink policy. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* nl80211: Remove NL80211_CMD_SET_MGMT_EXTRA_IEJouni Malinen2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The functionality that NL80211_CMD_SET_MGMT_EXTRA_IE provided can now be achieved with cleaner design by adding IE(s) into NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN, NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE, NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE, NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE, and NL80211_CMD_DISASSOCIATE. Since this is a very recently added command and there are no known (or known planned) applications using NL80211_CMD_SET_MGMT_EXTRA_IE and taken into account how much extra complexity it adds to the IE processing we have now (and need to add in the future to fix IE order in couple of frames), it looks like the best option is to just remove the implementation of this command for now. The enum values themselves are left to avoid changing the nl80211 command or attribute numbers. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ssb: remove EXPERIMENTAL dependencies.Michael Buesch2009-03-27
| | | | | | | ssb is not experimental anymore. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Fix memleak in nl80211 authentication on deinitJouni Malinen2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | This file was forgotten from the quilt patch that added MLME primitives, so the kfree on interface removal is missing. Fix this potential memleak by freeing the temporary Authentication frame IEs from SME when the interface is being removed. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ath9k: Nuke struct ath_xmit_statusVasanthakumar Thiagarajan2009-03-27
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* ath9k: Fix bug in reporting status of tx rateVasanthakumar Thiagarajan2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | This patch updates count of every hw tried rate with appropriate tries before reporting tx status of a frame. Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: resume properly, add suspend/resume testJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When mac80211 resumes, it currently doesn't reconfigure the interfaces entirely and also doesn't reconfigure BSS information -- fix this. Also, to be able to test this, add a debugfs file that just calls the suspend/resume code to see what happens when we go through that, without needing the time-consuming suspend/resume cycle. (Original version broke the build for CONFIG_PM=n. Define alternative functions for that situation. -- JWL) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* b43: Mask PHY TX error interrupt, if not debuggingMichael Buesch2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This masks the PHY TX error interrupt, if debugging is disabled. Currently we have a bug somewhere which triggers this interrupt once in a while. (Depends on the network noise/quality). While this is nonfatal, it scares the hell out of users and we frequently receive bugreports that incorrectly identify this error message as the reason. There's another problem with this. The PHY TX error interrupt is protected with a watchdog that will restart the device if it keeps triggering very often. This is used to fix interrupt storms from completely broken devices. However, this watchdog might trigger in completely normal operation. If the TX capacity of the card is saturated, the likeliness of the watchdog triggering increases, as more TX errors occur. The current threshold for the watchdog is 1000 errors in 15 seconds. This patch adds a workaround for the issue by just enabling the interrupt if debugging is disabled (by Kconfig or by modparam). This has the downside that real fatal PHY TX errors are not caught anymore. But this is nonfatal due to the following reasons: * If the card is not able to transmit anymore, MLME will notice anyway. * I did _never_ see a real fatal PHY TX error in a mainline b43 driver. * It does _not_ result in interrupt storms or something like that. It will simply result in a stalled card. It can be debugged by enabling the debugging module parameter. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* wireless/p54: P54_SPI should depend on GENERIC_HARDIRQSGeert Uytterhoeven2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | m68k allmodconfig: | drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54spi.c: In function 'p54spi_probe': | drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54spi.c:675: error: implicit declaration of function | 'set_irq_type' | make[4]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54spi.o] Error 1 Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* nl80211: Add MLME primitives to support external SMEJouni Malinen2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds new nl80211 commands to allow user space to request authentication and association (and also deauthentication and disassociation). The commands are structured to allow separate authentication and association steps, i.e., the interface between kernel and user space is similar to the MLME SAP interface in IEEE 802.11 standard and an user space application takes the role of the SME. The patch introduces MLME-AUTHENTICATE.request, MLME-{,RE}ASSOCIATE.request, MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.request, and MLME-DISASSOCIATE.request primitives. The authentication and association commands request the actual operations in two steps (assuming the driver supports this; if not, separate authentication step is skipped; this could end up being a separate "connect" command). The initial implementation for mac80211 uses the current net/mac80211/mlme.c for actual sending and processing of management frames and the new nl80211 commands will just stop the current state machine from moving automatically from authentication to association. Future cleanup may move more of the MLME operations into cfg80211. The goal of this design is to provide more control of authentication and association process to user space without having to move the full MLME implementation. This should be enough to allow IEEE 802.11r FT protocol and 802.11s SAE authentication to be implemented. Obviously, this will also bring the extra benefit of not having to use WEXT for association requests with mac80211. An example implementation of a user space SME using the new nl80211 commands is available for wpa_supplicant. This patch is enough to get IEEE 802.11r FT protocol working with over-the-air mechanism (over-the-DS will need additional MLME primitives for handling the FT Action frames). Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* nl80211: Event notifications for MLME eventsJouni Malinen2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add new nl80211 event notifications (and a new multicast group, "mlme") for informing user space about received and processed Authentication, (Re)Association Response, Deauthentication, and Disassociation frames in station and IBSS modes (i.e., MLME SAP interface primitives MLME-AUTHENTICATE.confirm, MLME-ASSOCIATE.confirm, MLME-REASSOCIATE.confirm, MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.indicate, and MLME-DISASSOCIATE.indication). The event data is encapsulated as the 802.11 management frame since we already have the frame in that format and it includes all the needed information. This is the initial step in providing MLME SAP interface for authentication and association with nl80211. In other words, kernel code will act as the MLME and a user space application can control it as the SME. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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