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* mac80211: fixing null qos data frames check for reordering bufferRon Rindjunsky2008-01-31
| | | | | | | | | This patch fixes a wrong condition for null qos data frames, causing us to drop data frames needed for reordering as well. Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: fix alignment warningJohannes Berg2008-01-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | When I introduced the alignment warning I forgot the A-MSDU case which has a different requirement because each frame contains 14-byte 802.3 headers in front of the IP payload. This patch moves the alignment warning to a place where we know whether we're dealing with an A-MSDU frame and adjusts it accordingly. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NET_SCHED]: Convert packet schedulers from rtnetlink to new netlink APIPatrick McHardy2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | Convert packet schedulers to use the netlink API. Unfortunately a gradual conversion is not possible without breaking compilation in the middle or adding lots of casts, so this patch converts them all in one step. The patch has been mostly generated automatically with some minor edits to at least allow seperate conversion of classifiers and actions. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: fix rx flow sparse errors, make functions staticRon Rindjunsky2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | This patch adds static declarations to functions in the Rx flow in order to eliminate sparse errors Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* rc80211-pid: fix last_sample initializationStefano Brivio2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | Fix last_sample initialization. kzalloc'ing the per-STA data wasn't enough, as jiffies can assume negative values as well. This fixes a bug which prevented correct PID operation for a while after booting. Thanks to Michael Buesch for reporting this. Reported-and-tested-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: fix RCU locking in __ieee80211_rx_handle_packetJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | Commit c7a51bda ("mac80211: restructure __ieee80211_rx") extracted __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet out of __ieee80211_rx and hence changed the locking rules for __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet(), it is now invoked under RCU lock. There is, however, one instance left where it contains an rcu_read_unlock() in an error path, which is a bug. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Assign correct TID for local bridged packetsGuy Cohen2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch assigns correct TID to frames transmitted between two stations in the same BSS in AP mode. The problem is that skb->protocol is not set to ETH_P_IP and it is wrong to use that field at this stage. The fix compares the LLC/Protocol headers explicitly to check if the encapsulated frame is IP frame Signed-off-by: Guy Cohen <guy.cohen@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: A-MPDU Rx remove stop_rx_ba_session warning printRon Rindjunsky2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | This patch removes a warning print from ieee80211_sta_stop_rx_ba_session in case the tid is inactive when interface goes down. Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: A-MPDU Rx stop aggregation on proper devRon Rindjunsky2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | This patch adds a check to insure that Rx A-MPDU will be stopped only for the proper device. Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Initialize vif pointerIvo van Doorn2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Before calling update_beacon() mac80211 must initialize the control.vif pointer so it can be used by the driver to determine which interface is trying to send the beacon. v2: ieee80211_beacon_get() should also initialize the vif pointer since it can be called by mac80211 internally before calling config_interface(). Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: add unified BSS configurationJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch (based on Ron Rindjunsky's) creates a framework for a unified way to pass BSS configuration to drivers that require the information, e.g. for implementing power save mode. This patch introduces new ieee80211_bss_conf structure that is passed to the driver via the new bss_info_changed() callback when the BSS configuration changes. This new BSS configuration infrastructure adds the following new features: * drivers are notified of their association AID * drivers are notified of association status and replaces the erp_ie_changed() callback. The patch also does the relevant driver updates for the latter change. Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Fix rate reporting regressionMichael Wu2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | Mattias Nissler's "clean up rate selection" patch incorrectly changes the behavior of txrate setting in sta_info. This patch backs out parts of the rate selection consolidation in order to fix this issue for now. Signed-off-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: implement cfg80211 station handlingJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | This implements station handling from userspace via cfg80211 in mac80211. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: add beacon configuration via cfg80211Johannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | This patch implements the cfg80211 hooks for configuring beaconing on an access point interface in mac80211. While doing so, it fixes a number of races that could badly crash the machine when the beacon is changed while being requested by the driver. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: move interface type to vif structureJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | Drivers that support mixed AP/STA operation may well need to know the type of a virtual interface when iterating over them. The easiest way to support that is to move the interface type variable into the vif structure. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: dont use interface indices in driversJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch gets rid of the if_id stuff where possible in favour of a new per-virtual-interface structure "struct ieee80211_vif". This structure is located at the end of the per-interface structure and contains a variable length driver-use data area. This has two advantages: * removes the need to look up interfaces by if_id, this is better for working with network namespaces and performance * allows drivers to store and retrieve per-interface data without having to allocate own lists/hash tables Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
* mac80211: Add radio led triggerIvo van Doorn2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | Some devices have a seperate LED which indicates if the radio is enabled or not. This adds a LED trigger to mac80211 where drivers can hook into when they are interested in radio status changes. v2: Check hw.conf.radio_enabled when calling start(). Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* rc80211_pid should respect fixed rates.Andrew Lutomirski2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | I would argue that mac80211 should handle fixed rates outside the rate control code, which would also allow them to take effect immediately instead of during the rate control callback, but this is pretty close to correct. Signed-Off-By: Andy Lutomirski <luto@myrealbox.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: better rate control algorithm selectionJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch changes mac80211's Kconfig/Makefile to: * select between the PID and the SIMPLE rate control algorithm as default * always allow tri-state for the rate control algorithms, building those that are selected 'y' into the mac80211 module (if that is a module, otherwise all into the kernel) * force the default rate control algorithm to be built into mac80211 It also makes both rate control algorithms proper modules again with MODULE_LICENSE etc. Only if EMBEDDED is the user allowed to select "NONE" as default which will cause no algorithm to be selected, this will work only when the driver brings one itself (e.g. iwlwifi drivers). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: A-MPDU Rx handling DELBA requestsRon Rindjunsky2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | This patch opens the flow to DELBA management frames, and handles end of A-MPDU session produced by this event. Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: A-MPDU Rx adding BAR handling capabilityRon Rindjunsky2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | This patch adds the ability to handle Block Ack Request Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: A-MPDU Rx handling aggregation reorderingRon Rindjunsky2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch handles the reordering of the Rx A-MPDU. This issue occurs when the sequence of the internal MPDUs is not in the right order. such a case can be encountered for example when some MPDUs from previous aggregations were recieved, while others failed, so current A-MPDU will contain a mix of re-transmited MPDUs and new ones. Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: A-MPDU Rx MLME data initializationRon Rindjunsky2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | This patch initialize A-MPDU MLME data for Rx sessions. Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: A-MPDU Rx adding basic functionalityRon Rindjunsky2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds the basic needed abilities and functions for A-MPDU Rx session changed functions: - ieee80211_sta_process_addba_request - Rx A-MPDU initialization enabled - ieee80211_stop - stops all A-MPDU Rx in case interface goes down added functions: - ieee80211_send_delba - used for sending out Del BA in A-MPDU sessions - ieee80211_sta_stop_rx_BA_session - stopping Rx A-MPDU session - sta_rx_agg_session_timer_expired - stops A-MPDU Rx use if load is too low Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: A-MPDU Rx add MLME structuresRon Rindjunsky2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds the needed structures to describe the Rx aggregation MLME per STA new: - struct tid_ampdu_rx: TID aggregation information (Rx) - struct sta_ampdu_mlme: MLME aggregation information for STA changed: - struct sta_info: ampdu_mlme added to describe A-MPDU MLME per STA, and timer_to_tid added to map timer id into TID Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: restructure __ieee80211_rxRon Rindjunsky2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch makes a separation between Rx frame pre-handling which stays in __ieee80211_rx and Rx frame handlers, moving to __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet. Although this separation has no affect in regular mode of operation, this kind of mechanism will be used in A-MPDU frames reordering as it allows accumulation of frames during pre-handling, dispatching them to later handling when necessary. Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: make rc_pid_fop_events staticJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | No need to not be. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Acked-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* rc80211-pid: fix definition of rate control intervalStefano Brivio2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | Fix the rate control interval definition. Thanks to Mattias Nissler for spotting this out. Cc: Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: remove misleading 'res' variableJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | When this function returns != CONTINUE, it needs to put the station struct it has acquired. Hence, having this unused variable is not just superfluous but also misleading. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* rc80211-pid: pf_target tuningStefano Brivio2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | Set a better value for percentage target for failed frames. The previous value slowed down too much rate increases in case of permanently low activity. While at it, increase readability. Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* rc80211-pid: fix sta_info refcountingStefano Brivio2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | Fix a bug which caused uncorrect refcounting of PHYs in mac80211. Thanks to Johannes Berg for spotting this out. Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* rc80211-pid: simplify and fix shift_adjustStefano Brivio2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | Simplify and fix rate_control_pid_shift_adjust(). A bug prevented correct mapping of sorted rates, and readability was seriously flawed. Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* rc80211-pid: add kerneldoc for tunable parametersStefano Brivio2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | Add a kerneldoc description for parameters which are tunable through debugfs. Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* rc80211-pid: export human-readable target_pf value to debugfsStefano Brivio2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | Export the non-shifted target_pf value to debugfs, so that it's human-readable. Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: Restore rx.fc before every invocation of ieee80211_invoke_rx_handlersHelmut Schaa2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes a problem with rx handling on multiple interfaces. Especially when using hardware-scanning and a wireless driver (i.e. iwlwifi) which is able to receive data while scanning. The rx handlers can modify the skb and the frame control field (see ieee80211_rx_h_remove_qos_control) but since every interface gets its own copy of the skb each should get its own copy of rx.fc too. In my case the wlan0-interface did not remove the qos-control from the frame because the corresponding flag in rx.fc was already removed while processing the frame on the master interface. Therefore somehow corrupted frames were passed to the userspace. Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <hschaa@suse.de> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net/mac80211/Kconfig: whitespace correctionsJohn W. Linville2008-01-28
| | | | | Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: don't read ERP information from (re)association responseJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | According to the standard, the field cannot be present, so don't try to interpret it either. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: move tx crypto decisionJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch moves the decision making about whether a frame is encrypted with a certain algorithm up into the TX handlers rather than having it in the crypto algorithm implementation. This fixes a problem with the radiotap injection code where injecting a non-data packet and requesting encryption could end up asking the driver to encrypt a packet without giving it a key. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: implement station stats retrievalJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | This implements the required cfg80211 callback in mac80211 to allow userspace to get station statistics. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: support getting key sequence counters via cfg80211Johannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | This implements cfg80211's get_key() to allow retrieving the sequence counter for a TKIP or CCMP key from userspace. It also cleans up and documents the associated low-level driver interface. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: support adding/removing keys via cfg80211Johannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | This adds the necessary hooks to mac80211 to allow userspace to edit keys with cfg80211 (through nl80211.) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: allow easier multicast/broadcast buffering in hardwareJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There are various decisions influencing the decision whether to buffer a frame for after the next DTIM beacon. The "do we have stations in PS mode" condition cannot be tested by the driver so mac80211 has to do that. To ease driver writing for hardware that can buffer frames until after the next DTIM beacon, introduce a new txctl flag telling the driver to buffer a specific frame. While at it, restructure and comment the code for multicast buffering and remove spurious "inline" directives. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: make ieee80211_rx_mgmt_action staticJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | The function is only used locally. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: clean up eapol handling in TX pathJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The previous patch left only one user of the ieee80211_is_eapol() function and that user can be eliminated easily by introducing a new "frame is EAPOL" flag to handle the frame specially (we already have this information) instead of doing the (expensive) ieee80211_is_eapol() all the time. Also, allow unencrypted frames to be sent when they are injected. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: clean up eapol frame handling/port controlJohannes Berg2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This cleans up the eapol frame handling and some related code in the receive and transmit paths. After this patch * EAPOL frames addressed to us or the EAPOL group address are always accepted regardless of whether they are encrypted or not * other frames from a station are dropped if PAE is enabled and the station is not authorized * unencrypted frames (except the EAPOL frames above) are dropped if drop_unencrypted is enabled * some superfluous code that eth_type_trans handles anyway is gone * port control is done for transmitted packets Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* rc80211-pid: export tuning parameters through debugfsMattias Nissler2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | This adds all the tunable parameters used by rc80211_pid to debugfs for easy testing and tuning. Signed-off-by: Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* rc80211-pid: add debuggingMattias Nissler2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This adds a new debugfs file from which rate control relevant events can be read one event per line. The output includes the current time, so graphs can be created showing the rate control parameters. This helps in evaluating and tuning rate control parameters. While at it, we split headers and code for better readability. Signed-off-by: Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* rc80211-pid: add sharpening factorStefano Brivio2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | This patch introduces a PID sharpening factor for faster response after association and low activity events. Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* rc80211-pid: add rate behaviour learning algorithmStefano Brivio2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | This patch introduces a learning algorithm in order for the PID controller to learn how to map adjustment values to rates. This is better described in code comments. Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* mac80211: make PID rate control algorithm the defaultStefano Brivio2008-01-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This makes the new PID TX rate control algorithm the default instead of the rc80211_simple rate control algorithm. The simple algorithm was flawed in several ways: it wasn't responsive at all and didn't age the information it was relying on properly. The PID algorithm allows us to tune characteristics such as responsiveness by adjusting parameters and was found to generally behave better. The default algorithm can be overridden to select simple instead. Which ever algorithm is the default is included as part of the mac80211 module automatically. The other algorithm (simple vs. pid) can be selected for inclusion as well. If EMBEDDED is selected then the choice is available to have no default specified and neither algorithm included in mac80211. The default algorithm can be set through a modparam. While at it, mark rc80211-simple as deprecated, and schedule it for removal. Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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