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authorJouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>2009-04-20 18:39:05 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-04-22 16:57:17 -0400
commitb9a5f8cab751d362f7c2d94899ca788c22fcd1ef (patch)
treee769e2f59ef845cf7c7cc93b64d33eeed49bb9f7 /include/net
parent9e52b0623c6eb49c3f23a326c1fb97bdecc49ba1 (diff)
nl80211: Add set/get for frag/rts threshold and retry limits
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h50
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 601eac64b02..54bc69c8369 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -744,6 +744,20 @@ struct cfg80211_ibss_params {
};
/**
+ * enum wiphy_params_flags - set_wiphy_params bitfield values
+ * WIPHY_PARAM_RETRY_SHORT: wiphy->retry_short has changed
+ * WIPHY_PARAM_RETRY_LONG: wiphy->retry_long has changed
+ * WIPHY_PARAM_FRAG_THRESHOLD: wiphy->frag_threshold has changed
+ * WIPHY_PARAM_RTS_THRESHOLD: wiphy->rts_threshold has changed
+ */
+enum wiphy_params_flags {
+ WIPHY_PARAM_RETRY_SHORT = 1 << 0,
+ WIPHY_PARAM_RETRY_LONG = 1 << 1,
+ WIPHY_PARAM_FRAG_THRESHOLD = 1 << 2,
+ WIPHY_PARAM_RTS_THRESHOLD = 1 << 3,
+};
+
+/**
* struct cfg80211_ops - backend description for wireless configuration
*
* This struct is registered by fullmac card drivers and/or wireless stacks
@@ -823,6 +837,11 @@ struct cfg80211_ibss_params {
* cfg80211_ibss_joined(), also call that function when changing BSSID due
* to a merge.
* @leave_ibss: Leave the IBSS.
+ *
+ * @set_wiphy_params: Notify that wiphy parameters have changed;
+ * @changed bitfield (see &enum wiphy_params_flags) describes which values
+ * have changed. The actual parameter values are available in
+ * struct wiphy. If returning an error, no value should be changed.
*/
struct cfg80211_ops {
int (*suspend)(struct wiphy *wiphy);
@@ -912,6 +931,8 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
int (*join_ibss)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
struct cfg80211_ibss_params *params);
int (*leave_ibss)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev);
+
+ int (*set_wiphy_params)(struct wiphy *wiphy, u32 changed);
};
/*
@@ -945,6 +966,11 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
* @signal_type: signal type reported in &struct cfg80211_bss.
* @cipher_suites: supported cipher suites
* @n_cipher_suites: number of supported cipher suites
+ * @retry_short: Retry limit for short frames (dot11ShortRetryLimit)
+ * @retry_long: Retry limit for long frames (dot11LongRetryLimit)
+ * @frag_threshold: Fragmentation threshold (dot11FragmentationThreshold);
+ * -1 = fragmentation disabled, only odd values >= 256 used
+ * @rts_threshold: RTS threshold (dot11RTSThreshold); -1 = RTS/CTS disabled
*/
struct wiphy {
/* assign these fields before you register the wiphy */
@@ -967,6 +993,11 @@ struct wiphy {
int n_cipher_suites;
const u32 *cipher_suites;
+ u8 retry_short;
+ u8 retry_long;
+ u32 frag_threshold;
+ u32 rts_threshold;
+
/* If multiple wiphys are registered and you're handed e.g.
* a regular netdev with assigned ieee80211_ptr, you won't
* know whether it points to a wiphy your driver has registered
@@ -1345,6 +1376,25 @@ int cfg80211_ibss_wext_giwap(struct net_device *dev,
struct ieee80211_channel *cfg80211_wext_freq(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct iw_freq *freq);
+int cfg80211_wext_siwrts(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct iw_request_info *info,
+ struct iw_param *rts, char *extra);
+int cfg80211_wext_giwrts(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct iw_request_info *info,
+ struct iw_param *rts, char *extra);
+int cfg80211_wext_siwfrag(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct iw_request_info *info,
+ struct iw_param *frag, char *extra);
+int cfg80211_wext_giwfrag(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct iw_request_info *info,
+ struct iw_param *frag, char *extra);
+int cfg80211_wext_siwretry(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct iw_request_info *info,
+ struct iw_param *retry, char *extra);
+int cfg80211_wext_giwretry(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct iw_request_info *info,
+ struct iw_param *retry, char *extra);
+
/*
* callbacks for asynchronous cfg80211 methods, notification
* functions and BSS handling helpers