linux-toradex.git/net/wireless/nl80211.h, branch v3.12.20

cfg80211: add flags to cfg80211_rx_mgmt()

2013-08-23T14:06:03+00:00

Add flags intended to report various auxiliary information
and introduce the NL80211_RXMGMT_FLAG_ANSWERED flag to report
that the frame was already answered by the device.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Kondratiev 
[REPLIED->ANSWERED, reword commit message]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211/nl80211: Add packet coalesce support

2013-07-16T06:58:00+00:00

In most cases, host that receives IPv4 and IPv6 multicast/broadcast
packets does not do anything with these packets. Therefore the
reception of these unwanted packets causes unnecessary processing
and power consumption.

Packet coalesce feature helps to reduce number of received
interrupts to host by buffering these packets in firmware/hardware
for some predefined time. Received interrupt will be generated when
one of the following events occur.
a) Expiration of hardware timer whose expiration time is set to
maximum coalescing delay of matching coalesce rule.
b) Coalescing buffer in hardware reaches it's limit.
c) Packet doesn't match any of the configured coalesce rules.

This patch adds set/get configuration support for packet coalesce.
User needs to configure following parameters for creating a coalesce
rule.
a) Maximum coalescing delay
b) List of packet patterns which needs to be matched
c) Condition for coalescence. pattern 'match' or 'no match'
Multiple such rules can be created.

This feature needs to be advertised during driver initialization.
Drivers are supposed to do required firmware/hardware settings based
on user configuration.

Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar 
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao 
[fix kernel-doc, change free function, fix copy/paste error]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: move exported event functions into nl80211

2013-03-06T15:35:46+00:00

This is the sort of thing gcc's LTO could do, but since
we don't have that yet we can also do it manually. The
advantage is reduced code, both source and binary, e.g.
on x86-64

   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
 442825	  56230	    776	 499831	  7a077	cfg80211.ko (before)
 441585	  56230	    776	 498591	  79b9f	cfg80211.ko (after)

a reduction of ~1k.

But in order to not complicate the code move only those
functions that are simple wrappers, not those that have
functionality of their own.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

nl80211/cfg80211: add radar detection command/event

2013-02-15T08:40:18+00:00

Add new NL80211_CMD_RADAR_DETECT, which starts the Channel
Availability Check (CAC). This command will also notify the
usermode about events (CAC finished, CAC aborted, radar
detected, NOP finished).
Once radar detection has started it should continuously
monitor for radars as long as the channel is active.

This patch enables DFS for AP mode in nl80211/cfg80211.

Based on original patch by Victor Goldenshtein 

Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich 
[remove WIPHY_FLAG_HAS_RADAR_DETECT again -- my mistake]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: pass a channel definition struct

2012-11-26T11:42:58+00:00

Instead of passing a channel pointer and channel type
to all functions and driver methods, pass a new channel
definition struct. Right now, this struct contains just
the control channel and channel type, but for VHT this
will change.

Also, add a small inline cfg80211_get_chandef_type() so
that drivers don't need to use the _type field of the
new structure all the time, which will change.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: remove remain-on-channel channel type

2012-11-26T11:42:58+00:00

As mwifiex (and mac80211 in the software case) are the
only drivers actually implementing remain-on-channel
with channel type, userspace can't be relying on it.
This is the case, as it's used only for P2P operations
right now.

Rather than adding a flag to tell userspace whether or
not it can actually rely on it, simplify all the code
by removing the ability to use different channel types.
Leave only the validation of the attribute, so that if
we extend it again later (with the needed capability
flag), it can't break userspace sending invalid data.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211/nl80211: Notify connection request failure in AP mode

2012-09-18T17:54:06+00:00

In AP mode, when a station requests connection to an AP and if the
request is failed for particular reason, userspace is notified about the
failure through NL80211_CMD_CONN_FAILED command. Reason for the failure
is sent through the attribute NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON.

Signed-off-by: Pandiyarajan Pitchaimuthu 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: support TX error rate CQM

2012-07-17T09:57:23+00:00

Let the user configure serveral TX error conection quality monitoring
parameters: % error rate, survey interval, and # of attempted packets.

On exceeding the TX failure rate over the given interval, the driver
will send a CQM notify event with the actual TX failure rate and
packets attempted.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

nl80211: move scan API to wdev

2012-07-12T10:10:41+00:00

The new P2P Device will have to be able to scan for
P2P search, so move scanning to use struct wireless_dev
instead of struct net_device.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

cfg80211: use wdev in mgmt-tx/ROC APIs

2012-07-09T12:51:47+00:00

The management frame and remain-on-channel APIs will be
needed in the P2P device abstraction, so move them over
to the new wdev-based APIs. Userspace can still use both
the interface index and wdev identifier for them so it's
backward compatible, but for the P2P Device wdev it will
be able to use the wdev identifier only.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg