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* mac80211: do not pass PS frames out of mac80211 againJohannes Berg2009-06-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In order to handle powersave frames properly we had needed to pass these out to the device queues again, and introduce the skb->requeue bit. This, however, also has unnecessary overhead by needing to 'clean up' already tried frames, and this clean-up code is also buggy when software encryption is used. Instead of sending the frames via the master netdev queue again, simply put them into the pending queue. This also fixes a problem where frames for that particular station could be reordered when some were still on the software queues and older ones are re-injected into the software queue after them. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: deprecate conf.beacon_int properlyJohannes Berg2009-06-03
| | | | | | | | | Ivo has updated the driver to no longer use the change flag, so we can remove that, but rt2x00 and ath5k still use the actual value so let's mark it as deprecated too. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* net: ALIGN/PTR_ALIGN cleanup in alloc_netdev_mq()/netdev_priv()Eric Dumazet2009-05-27
| | | | | | | | | Use ALIGN() and PTR_ALIGN() macros instead of handcoding them. Get rid of NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST ugly define Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: fix managed mode BSSID handlingJohannes Berg2009-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Currently, we will ask the driver to configure right away when somebody changes the desired BSSID. That's totally strange because then we will configure the driver without even knowing whether the BSS exists. Change this to only configure the BSSID when associated, and configure a zero BSSID when not associated. As a side effect, this fixes an issue with the iwlwifi driver which doesn't implement sta_notify properly and uses the BSSID instead and gets very confused if the BSSID is cleared before we disassociate, which results in the warning Marcel posted [1] and iwlwifi bug 1995 [2]. [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/32598 [2] http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1995 Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: fix scan channel raceJohannes Berg2009-05-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When a software scan starts, it first sets sw_scanning, but leaves the scan_channel "unset" (it currently actually gets initialised to a default). Now, when something else tries to (re)configure the hardware in the window between these two events (after sw_scanning = true, but before scan_channel is set), the current code switches to the (unset!) scan_channel. This causes trouble, especially when switching bands and sending frames on the wrong channel. To work around this, leave scan_channel initialised to NULL and use it to determine whether or not a switch to a different channel should occur (and also use the same condition to check whether to adjust power for scan or not). Additionally, avoid reconfiguring the hardware completely when recalculating idle resulted in no changes, this was the problem that originally led us to discover the race condition in the first place, which was helpfully bisected by Pavel. This part of the patch should not be necessary with the other fixes, but not calling the ieee80211_hw_config function when we know it to be unnecessary is certainly a correct thing to do. Unfortunately, this patch cannot and does not fix the race condition completely, but due to the way the scan code is structured it makes the particular problem Pavel discovered (race while changing channel at the same time as transmitting frames) go away. To fix it completely, more work especially with locking configuration is needed. Bisected-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: add driver ops wrappersJohannes Berg2009-05-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In order to later add tracing or verifications to the driver calls mac80211 makes, this patch adds static inline wrappers for all operations. All calls are now written as drv_<op>(local, ...); instead of local->ops-><op>(&local->hw, ...); Where necessary, the wrappers also do existence checking and return default values as appropriate. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: unify config_interface and bss_info_changedJohannes Berg2009-05-06
| | | | | | | | | | | The config_interface method is a little strange, it contains the BSSID and beacon updates, while bss_info_changed contains most other BSS information for each interface. This patch removes config_interface and rolls all the information it previously passed to drivers into bss_info_changed. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: clean up beacon interval settingsJohannes Berg2009-05-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We currently have two beacon interval configuration knobs: hw.conf.beacon_int and vif.bss_info.beacon_int. This is rather confusing, even though the former is used when we beacon ourselves and the latter when we are associated to an AP. This just deprecates the hw.conf.beacon_int setting in favour of always using vif.bss_info.beacon_int. Since it touches all the beaconing IBSS code anyway, we can also add support for the cfg80211 IBSS beacon interval configuration easily. NOTE: The hw.conf.beacon_int setting is retained for now due to drivers still using it -- I couldn't untangle all drivers, some are updated in this patch. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: fix scan races and rework scanningJohannes Berg2009-05-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There are some places marked /* XXX maybe racy? */ and they really are racy because there's no locking. This patch reworks much of the scan code, and introduces proper locking for the scan request as well as the internal scanning (which is necessary for IBSS/managed modes). Helper functions are added to call the scanning code whenever necessary. The scan deferring is changed to simply queue the scanning work instead of trying to start the scan in place, the scanning work will then take care of the rest. Also, currently when internal scans are requested for an interface that is trying to associate, we reject such scans. This was not intended, the mlme code has provisions to scan twice when it can't find the BSS to associate with right away; this has never worked properly. Fix this by not rejecting internal scan requests for an interface that is associating. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller2009-04-29
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: Documentation/isdn/00-INDEX drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c net/mac80211/main.c
| * mac80211: default to automatic power controlJohannes Berg2009-04-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In "mac80211: correct wext transmit power handler" I fixed the wext handler, but forgot to make the default of the user_power_level -1 (aka "auto"), so that now the transmit power is always set to 0, causing associations to time out and similar problems since we're transmitting with very little power. Correct this by correcting the default user_power_level to -1. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Bisected-by: Niel Lambrechts <niel.lambrechts@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
| * mac80211: fix modprobe deadlock by not calling wep_init under rtnl_lockAlan Jenkins2009-04-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - ieee80211_wep_init(), which is called with rtnl_lock held, blocks in request_module() [waiting for modprobe to load a crypto module]. - modprobe blocks in a call to flush_workqueue(), when it closes a TTY [presumably when it exits]. - The workqueue item linkwatch_event() blocks on rtnl_lock. There's no reason for wep_init() to be called with rtnl_lock held, so just move it outside the critical section. Signed-off-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* | nl80211: Add set/get for frag/rts threshold and retry limitsJouni Malinen2009-04-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add new nl80211 attributes that can be used with NL80211_CMD_SET_WIPHY and NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY to manage fragmentation/RTS threshold and retry limits. Since these values are stored in struct wiphy, remove the local copy from mac80211 where feasible (frag & rts threshold). The retry limits are currently needed in struct ieee80211_conf, but these could be eventually removed since the driver should have access to the values in struct wiphy. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* | mac80211: convert to cfg80211 IBSS APIJohannes Berg2009-04-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This converts mac80211 to the new cfg80211 IBSS API, the wext handling functions are called where appropriate. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* | mac80211: disable powersave if pm_qos asks for low latencyJohannes Berg2009-04-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When an application asks for a latency lower than the beacon interval there's nothing we can do -- we need to stay awake and not have the AP buffer frames for us. Add code to automatically calculate this constraint in mac80211 so drivers need not concern themselves with it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* | mac80211: add hardware restart functionJohannes Berg2009-04-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some hardware defects may require the hardware to be re-initialised completely from scratch. Drivers would need much information (for instance the current MAC address, crypto keys, beaconing information, etc.) stored duplicated from mac80211 to be able to do this, so let mac80211 help them. The new ieee80211_restart_hw() function requires the same code as resuming, so move that code into a new ieee80211_reconfig() function in util.c and leave only the suspend code in pm.c. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* | cfg80211: add cipher capabilitiesJohannes Berg2009-04-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This adds the necessary code and fields to let drivers specify their cipher capabilities and exports them to userspace. Also update mac80211 to export the ciphers it has. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* | mac80211: include HT capabilities in probe requestJohannes Berg2009-04-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Include the HT capabilities in the probe request frame. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* | mac80211: pass all probe request IEs to driverJohannes Berg2009-04-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Instead of just passing the cfg80211-requested IEs, pass the locally generated ones as well. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* | cfg80211: introduce scan IE limit attributeJohannes Berg2009-04-22
|/ | | | | | | | | | | This patch introduces a new attribute for a wiphy that tells userspace how long the information elements added to a probe request frame can be at most. It also updates the at76 to advertise that it cannot support that, and, for now until I can fix that, iwlwifi too. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: correct wext transmit power handlerJohannes Berg2009-04-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wext makes no assumptions about the contents of data->txpower.fixed and data->txpower.value when data->txpower.disabled is set, so do not update the user-requested power level while disabling. Also, when wext configures a really _fixed_ power output [1], we should reject it instead of limiting it to the regulatory constraint. If the user wants to set a _limit_ [2] then we should honour that. [1] iwconfig wlan0 txpower 20dBm fixed [2] iwconfig wlan0 txpower 10dBm This fixes http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1942 Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211/iwlwifi: move virtual A-MDPU queue bookkeeping to iwlwifiJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch removes all the virtual A-MPDU-queue bookkeeping from mac80211. Curiously, iwlwifi already does its own bookkeeping, so it doesn't require much changes except where it needs to handle starting and stopping the queues in mac80211. To handle the queue stop/wake properly, we rewrite the software queue number for aggregation frames and internally to iwlwifi keep track of the queues that map into the same AC queue, and only talk to mac80211 about the AC queue. The implementation requires calling two new functions, iwl_stop_queue and iwl_wake_queue instead of the mac80211 counterparts. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Reinette Chattre <reinette.chatre@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: fix aggregation to not require queue stopJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Instead of stopping the entire AC queue when enabling aggregation (which was only done for hardware with aggregation queues) buffer the packets for each station, and release them to the pending skb queue once aggregation is turned on successfully. We get a little more code, but it becomes conceptually simpler and we can remove the entire virtual queue mechanism from mac80211 in a follow-up patch. This changes how mac80211 behaves towards drivers that support aggregation but have no hardware queues -- those drivers will now not be handed packets while the aggregation session is being established, but only after it has been fully established. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> 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 warnings in ieee80211_if_configJohannes Berg2009-03-27
| | | | | | | | | The last warning can never trigger, and the explicit AP_VLAN check is pointless if we move the config_interface check down, in practice config_interface is required anyway. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* cfg80211: clean up signal typeJohannes Berg2009-02-27
| | | | | | | | | It wasn't a good idea to make the signal type a per-BSS option, although then it is closer to the actual value. Move it to be a per-wiphy setting, update mac80211 to match. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: split IBSS/managed codeJohannes Berg2009-02-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch splits out the ibss code and data from managed (station) mode. The reason to do this is to better separate the state machines, and have the code be contained better so it gets easier to determine what exactly a given change will affect, that in turn makes it easier to understand. This is quite some churn, especially because I split sdata->u.sta into sdata->u.mgd and sdata->u.ibss, but I think it's easier to maintain that way. I've also shuffled around some code -- null function sending is only applicable to managed interfaces so put that into that file, some other functions are needed from various places so put them into util, and also rearranged the prototypes in ieee80211_i.h accordingly. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: fix aggregation for hardware with ampdu queuesJohannes Berg2009-02-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hardware with AMPDU queues currently has broken aggregation. This patch fixes it by making all A-MPDUs go over the regular AC queues, but keeping track of the hardware queues in mac80211. As a first rough version, it actually stops the AC queue for extended periods of time, which can be removed by adding buffering internal to mac80211, but is currently not a huge problem because people rarely use multiple TIDs that are in the same AC (and iwlwifi currently doesn't operate as AP). This is a short-term fix, my current medium-term plan, which I hope to execute soon as well, but am not sure can finish before .30, looks like this: 1) rework the internal queuing layer in mac80211 that we use for fragments if the driver stopped queue in the middle of a fragmented frame to be able to queue more frames at once (rather than just a single frame with its fragments) 2) instead of stopping the entire AC queue, queue up the frames in a per-station/per-TID queue during aggregation session initiation, when the session has come up take all those frames and put them onto the queue from 1) 3) push the ampdu queue layer abstraction this patch introduces in mac80211 into the driver, and remove the virtual queue stuff from mac80211 again This plan will probably also affect ath9k in that mac80211 queues the frames instead of passing them down, even when there are no ampdu queues. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: disallow moving netnsJohannes Berg2009-02-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | mac80211 currently assumes init_net for all interfaces, so really will not cope well with network namespaces, at least at this time. To change this, we would have keep track of the netns in addition to the ifindex, which is not something I want to think about right now. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: calculate wstats_flags on the flyJohannes Berg2009-02-13
| | | | | | | Just to make wext.c more self-contained. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: use cfg80211s BSS infrastructureJohannes Berg2009-02-13
| | | | | | | | Remove all the code from mac80211 to keep track of BSSes and use the cfg80211-provided code completely. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* cfg80211/nl80211: scanning (and mac80211 update to use it)Johannes Berg2009-02-13
| | | | | | | | | | This patch adds basic scan capability to cfg80211/nl80211 and changes mac80211 to use it. The BSS list that cfg80211 maintains is made driver-accessible with a private area in each BSS struct, but mac80211 doesn't yet use it. That's another large project. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: disable IBSS beacon before joinJohannes Berg2009-02-13
| | | | | | | | | Before we have a probe response frame (which is used as the beacon too) there's no need to ask drivers to beacon, they will not get a beacon anyway. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: convert master interface to netdev_opsJohannes Berg2009-02-09
| | | | | | | | | | Also call our own ieee80211_master_setup routine instead of overwriting almost all the values from ether_setup; this loses a few assignments that are pointless on the master interface anyway. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: remove HW_SIGNAL_DBJohannes Berg2009-02-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Giving the signal in dB isn't much more useful to userspace than giving the signal in unspecified units. This removes some radiotap information for zd1211 (the only driver using this flag), but it helps a lot for getting cfg80211-based scanning which won't support dB, and zd1211 being dB is a little fishy anyway. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Bruno Randolf <bruno@thinktube.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: add interface list lockJohannes Berg2009-01-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Using only the RTNL has a number of problems, most notably that ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces() and other interface list traversals cannot be done from the internal workqueue because it needs to be flushed under the RTNL. This patch introduces a new mutex that protects the interface list against modifications. A more detailed explanation is part of the code change. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: change workqueue back to non-freezeableBob Copeland2009-01-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | "mac80211: make workqueue freezable" made the mac80211 workqueue freezeable to prevent us from doing any work after the driver went away. This was fine before mac80211 had any suspend support. However, now we want to flush this workqueue in suspend(). Because the thread for a freezeable workqueue is stopped before the device class suspend() is called, flush_workqueue() will hang in the suspend-to-disk case. Converting it back to a non-freezeable queue will keep suspend from hanging. Moreover, since we flush the workqueue under RTNL and userspace is stopped, there won't be any new work in the workqueue until after resume. Thus we still don't have to worry about pinging the AP without hardware. Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Add capability to enable/disable beaconingJohannes Berg2009-01-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds a flag to notify drivers to start and stop beaconing when needed, for example, during a scan run. Based on Sujith's first patch to do the same, but now disables beaconing for all virtual interfaces while scanning, has a separate change flag and tracks user-space requests. Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: constify ieee80211_if_conf.bssidJohannes Berg2009-01-29
| | | | | | | | Then one place can be a static const. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Handle power constraint level advertised in 11d+h beaconVasanthakumar Thiagarajan2009-01-29
| | | | | | | | | This patch uses power constraint level while determining the maximum transmit power, there by it makes sure that any power mitigation requirement for the channel in the current regulatory domain is met. Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: clean up channel type configJohannes Berg2009-01-29
| | | | | | | | | | | The channel_type really doesn't need to be the only member in a new structure, so remove the struct. Additionally, remove the _CONF_CHANGE_HT flag and use _CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL when the channel type changes, since that's enough of a change to require reprogramming the hardware anyway. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: remove user_power_level from driver APIJohannes Berg2009-01-29
| | | | | | | | | | | I missed this during review of "mac80211: Fix tx power setting", the user_power_level shouldn't be available to the driver but rather be an internal value used to calculate the value for the driver. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Fix tx power settingVasanthakumar Thiagarajan2009-01-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | power_level in ieee80211_conf is being used for more than one purpose. It being used as user configured power limit and the final power limit given to the driver. By doing so, except very first time, the tx power limit is taken from min(chan->max_power, local->hw.conf.power_level) which is not what we want. This patch defines a new memeber in ieee80211_conf which is meant only for user configured power limit. Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: no need for ht.enabledLuis R. Rodriguez2009-01-29
| | | | | | | | We can simply use conf_is_ht() check where needed. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: implement dynamic power saveKalle Valo2008-12-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch implements dynamic power save for mac80211. Basically it means enabling power save mode after an idle period. Implementing it dynamically gives a good compromise of low power consumption and low latency. Some hardware have support for this in firmware, but some require the host to do it. The dynamic power save is implemented by adding an timeout to ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(). The timeout can be enabled from userspace with Wireless Extensions. For example, the command below enables the dynamic power save and sets the time timeout to 500 ms: iwconfig wlan0 power timeout 500m Power save now only works with devices which handle power save in firmware. It's also disabled by default and the heuristics when and how to enable is considered as a policy decision and will be left for the userspace to handle. In case the firmware has support for this, drivers can disable this feature with IEEE80211_HW_NO_STACK_DYNAMIC_PS. Big thanks to Johannes Berg for the help with the design and code. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: track master queue statusKalle Valo2008-12-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is a preparation for the dynamic power save support. In future there are two paths to stop the master queues and we need to track this properly to avoid starting queues incorrectly. Implement this by adding a status array for each queue. The original idea and design is from Johannes Berg, I just did the implementation based on his notes. All the bugs are mine, of course. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Print unknown packet type in tasklet_handlerLarry Finger2008-12-19
| | | | | | | | | In stress testing p54usb, the WARN_ON() in ieee80211_tasklet_handler() was triggered; however, there is no logging of the received value for packet type. Adding that feature will improve the warning. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Fix HT channel selectionSujith2008-12-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | HT management is done differently for AP and STA modes, unify to just the ->config() callback since HT is fundamentally a PHY property and cannot be per-BSS. Rename enum nl80211_sec_chan_offset as nl80211_channel_type to denote the channel type ( NO_HT, HT20, HT40+, HT40- ). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: only create default STA interface if supportedJohannes Berg2008-12-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Drivers will support this, obviously, but this forces them to set it up properly. (This includes the fix posted as "mac80211: fix ifmodes check" and tested in wireless-testing by Hin-Tak and others. -- JWL) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Reported-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Tested-by: Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: remove WARN_ON() from ieee80211_hw_configReinette Chatre2008-12-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ieee80211_hw_config can return an error when the hardware has rfkill enabled. A WARN_ON() is too harsh for this failure as it is a valid scenario. Only comment this warning as we would like to have it back when rfkill is integrated into mac80211. Also reintroduce propagation of error if ieee80211_hw_config fails in ieee80211_config_beacon. This patch partially reverts patch: 5f0387fc3337ca26f0745f945f550f0c3734960f "mac80211: clean up ieee80211_hw_config errors" Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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