From afe0cbf87500f0585d217deb8c6fd329793a7957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Randolf Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:50:50 +0900 Subject: cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configuration Allow setting of TX and RX antennas configuration via nl80211. The antenna configuration is defined as a bitmap of allowed antennas to use. This API can be used to mask out antennas which are not attached or should not be used for other reasons like regulatory concerns or special setups. Separate bitmaps are used for RX and TX to allow configuring different antennas for receiving and transmitting. Each bitmap is 32 bit long, each bit representing one antenna, starting with antenna 1 at the first bit. If an antenna bit is set, this means the driver is allowed to use this antenna for RX or TX respectively; if the bit is not set the hardware is not allowed to use this antenna. Using bitmaps has the benefit of allowing for a flexible configuration interface which can support many different configurations and which can be used for 802.11n as well as non-802.11n devices. Instead of relying on some hardware specific assumptions, drivers can use this information to know which antennas are actually attached to the system and derive their capabilities based on that. 802.11n devices should enable or disable chains, based on which antennas are present (If all antennas belonging to a particular chain are disabled, the entire chain should be disabled). HT capabilities (like STBC, TX Beamforming, Antenna selection) should be calculated based on the available chains after applying the antenna masks. Should a 802.11n device have diversity antennas attached to one of their chains, diversity can be enabled or disabled based on the antenna information. Non-802.11n drivers can use the antenna masks to select RX and TX antennas and to enable or disable antenna diversity. While covering chainmasks for 802.11n and the standard "legacy" modes "fixed antenna 1", "fixed antenna 2" and "diversity" this API also allows more rare, but useful configurations as follows: 1) Send on antenna 1, receive on antenna 2 (or vice versa). This can be used to have a low gain antenna for TX in order to keep within the regulatory constraints and a high gain antenna for RX in order to receive weaker signals ("speak softly, but listen harder"). This can be useful for building long-shot outdoor links. Another usage of this setup is having a low-noise pre-amplifier on antenna 1 and a power amplifier on the other antenna. This way transmit noise is mostly kept out of the low noise receive channel. (This would be bitmaps: tx 1 rx 2). 2) Another similar setup is: Use RX diversity on both antennas, but always send on antenna 1. Again that would allow us to benefit from a higher gain RX antenna, while staying within the legal limits. (This would be: tx 0 rx 3). 3) And finally there can be special experimental setups in research and development even with pre 802.11n hardware where more than 2 antennas are available. It's good to keep the API simple, yet flexible. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf -- v7: Made bitmasks 32 bit wide and rebased to latest wireless-testing. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/linux/nl80211.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index fb877b5621b7..17c5c8849250 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -804,6 +804,28 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * @NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_IBSS_RSN: The device supports IBSS RSN, which mostly * means support for per-station GTKs. * + * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX: Bitmap of allowed antennas for transmitting. + * This can be used to mask out antennas which are not attached or should + * not be used for transmitting. If an antenna is not selected in this + * bitmap the hardware is not allowed to transmit on this antenna. + * + * Each bit represents one antenna, starting with antenna 1 at the first + * bit. Depending on which antennas are selected in the bitmap, 802.11n + * drivers can derive which chainmasks to use (if all antennas belonging to + * a particular chain are disabled this chain should be disabled) and if + * a chain has diversity antennas wether diversity should be used or not. + * HT capabilities (STBC, TX Beamforming, Antenna selection) can be + * derived from the available chains after applying the antenna mask. + * Non-802.11n drivers can derive wether to use diversity or not. + * Drivers may reject configurations or RX/TX mask combinations they cannot + * support by returning -EINVAL. + * + * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX: Bitmap of allowed antennas for receiving. + * This can be used to mask out antennas which are not attached or should + * not be used for receiving. If an antenna is not selected in this bitmap + * the hardware should not be configured to receive on this antenna. + * For a more detailed descripton see @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX. + * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -973,6 +995,9 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_IBSS_RSN, + NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX, + NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, -- cgit v1.2.2 From 885a46d0f7942d76c2f3860acb45f75237d3bb42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:07:22 +0100 Subject: cfg80211: add support for setting the ad-hoc multicast rate Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/linux/nl80211.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index 17c5c8849250..037b4e498890 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -826,6 +826,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * the hardware should not be configured to receive on this antenna. * For a more detailed descripton see @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX. * + * @NL80211_ATTR_MCAST_RATE: Multicast tx rate (in 100 kbps) for IBSS + * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -998,6 +1000,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX, + NL80211_ATTR_MCAST_RATE, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, -- cgit v1.2.2 From c5485a7e7569ab32eea240c850198519e2a765ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Randolf Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:58:37 +0900 Subject: lib: Add generic exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) function This adds generic functions for calculating Exponentially Weighted Moving Averages (EWMA). This implementation makes use of a structure which keeps the EWMA parameters and a scaled up internal representation to reduce rounding errors. The original idea for this implementation came from the rt2x00 driver (rt2x00link.c). I would like to use it in several places in the mac80211 and ath5k code and I hope it can be useful in many other places in the kernel code. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/linux/average.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 include/linux/average.h (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/average.h b/include/linux/average.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7706e40f95fa --- /dev/null +++ b/include/linux/average.h @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +#ifndef _LINUX_AVERAGE_H +#define _LINUX_AVERAGE_H + +#include + +/* Exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) */ + +/* For more documentation see lib/average.c */ + +struct ewma { + unsigned long internal; + unsigned long factor; + unsigned long weight; +}; + +extern void ewma_init(struct ewma *avg, unsigned long factor, + unsigned long weight); + +extern struct ewma *ewma_add(struct ewma *avg, unsigned long val); + +/** + * ewma_read() - Get average value + * @avg: Average structure + * + * Returns the average value held in @avg. + */ +static inline unsigned long ewma_read(const struct ewma *avg) +{ + return DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(avg->internal, avg->factor); +} + +#endif /* _LINUX_AVERAGE_H */ -- cgit v1.2.2 From 86107fd170bc379869250eb7e1bd393a3a70e8ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Randolf Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:58:48 +0900 Subject: nl80211/mac80211: Report signal average Extend nl80211 to report an exponential weighted moving average (EWMA) of the signal value. Since the signal value usually fluctuates between different packets, an average can be more useful than the value of the last packet. This uses the recently added generic EWMA library function. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/linux/nl80211.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index 037b4e498890..1ce3775e9e26 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ enum nl80211_rate_info { * @__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST: internal * @NL80211_STA_INFO_MAX: highest possible station info attribute * @NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL: signal strength of last received PPDU (u8, dBm) + * @NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG: signal strength average (u8, dBm) * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE: current unicast tx rate, nested attribute * containing info as possible, see &enum nl80211_sta_info_txrate. * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_PACKETS: total received packet (u32, from this station) @@ -1178,6 +1179,7 @@ enum nl80211_sta_info { NL80211_STA_INFO_PLID, NL80211_STA_INFO_PLINK_STATE, NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL, + NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG, NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE, NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_PACKETS, NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_PACKETS, -- cgit v1.2.2 From 1d8638d4038eb8709edc80e37a0bbb77253d86e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Klaffenbach Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:25:21 -0600 Subject: ssb: b43-pci-bridge: Add new vendor for BCM4318 Add new vendor for Broadcom 4318. Signed-off-by: Daniel Klaffenbach Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Cc: Stable Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/linux/pci_ids.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/pci_ids.h b/include/linux/pci_ids.h index d278dd9cb765..f29c25ede70d 100644 --- a/include/linux/pci_ids.h +++ b/include/linux/pci_ids.h @@ -2043,6 +2043,7 @@ #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_AFAVLAB_P030 0x2182 #define PCI_SUBDEVICE_ID_AFAVLAB_P061 0x2150 +#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_BCM_GVC 0x14a4 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM 0x14e4 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_TIGON3_5752 0x1600 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_TIGON3_5752M 0x1601 -- cgit v1.2.2 From ccb14354017272ddac002e859a2711610b6af174 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "John W. Linville" Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:18:36 -0500 Subject: Revert "nl80211/mac80211: Report signal average" This reverts commit 86107fd170bc379869250eb7e1bd393a3a70e8ae. This patch inadvertantly changed the userland ABI. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/linux/nl80211.h | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index 1ce3775e9e26..037b4e498890 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -1161,7 +1161,6 @@ enum nl80211_rate_info { * @__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST: internal * @NL80211_STA_INFO_MAX: highest possible station info attribute * @NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL: signal strength of last received PPDU (u8, dBm) - * @NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG: signal strength average (u8, dBm) * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE: current unicast tx rate, nested attribute * containing info as possible, see &enum nl80211_sta_info_txrate. * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_PACKETS: total received packet (u32, from this station) @@ -1179,7 +1178,6 @@ enum nl80211_sta_info { NL80211_STA_INFO_PLID, NL80211_STA_INFO_PLINK_STATE, NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL, - NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL_AVG, NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE, NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_PACKETS, NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_PACKETS, -- cgit v1.2.2 From c063dbf52b998b852122dff07a8b8dd430b38437 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:10:05 +0100 Subject: cfg80211: allow using CQM event to notify packet loss This adds the ability for drivers to use CQM events to notify about packet loss for specific stations (which could be the AP for the managed mode case). Since the threshold might be determined by the driver (it isn't passed in right now) it will be passed out of the driver to userspace in the event. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/linux/nl80211.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index 037b4e498890..d706bf3badc8 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -1819,6 +1819,8 @@ enum nl80211_ps_state { * the minimum amount the RSSI level must change after an event before a * new event may be issued (to reduce effects of RSSI oscillation). * @NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_THRESHOLD_EVENT: RSSI threshold event + * @NL80211_ATTR_CQM_PKT_LOSS_EVENT: a u32 value indicating that this many + * consecutive packets were not acknowledged by the peer * @__NL80211_ATTR_CQM_AFTER_LAST: internal * @NL80211_ATTR_CQM_MAX: highest key attribute */ @@ -1827,6 +1829,7 @@ enum nl80211_attr_cqm { NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_THOLD, NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_HYST, NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_THRESHOLD_EVENT, + NL80211_ATTR_CQM_PKT_LOSS_EVENT, /* keep last */ __NL80211_ATTR_CQM_AFTER_LAST, -- cgit v1.2.2