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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/mac80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 29 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index e2fb5767e1f..76d43e12cc2 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -239,7 +239,14 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf { * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU: this frame should be sent as part of an A-MPDU * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED: Frame was injected, internal to mac80211. * @IEEE80211_TX_STAT_TX_FILTERED: The frame was not transmitted - * because the destination STA was in powersave mode. + * because the destination STA was in powersave mode. Note that to + * avoid race conditions, the filter must be set by the hardware or + * firmware upon receiving a frame that indicates that the station + * went to sleep (must be done on device to filter frames already on + * the queue) and may only be unset after mac80211 gives the OK for + * that by setting the IEEE80211_TX_CTL_CLEAR_PS_FILT (see above), + * since only then is it guaranteed that no more frames are in the + * hardware queue. * @IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK: Frame was acknowledged * @IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU: The frame was aggregated, so status * is for the whole aggregation. @@ -261,6 +268,10 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf { * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_PSPOLL_RESPONSE: (internal?) * This frame is a response to a PS-poll frame and should be sent * although the station is in powersave mode. + * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_MORE_FRAMES: More frames will be passed to the + * transmit function after the current frame, this can be used + * by drivers to kick the DMA queue only if unset or when the + * queue gets full. */ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags { IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS = BIT(0), @@ -281,6 +292,7 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags { IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRIED = BIT(15), IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT = BIT(16), IEEE80211_TX_CTL_PSPOLL_RESPONSE = BIT(17), + IEEE80211_TX_CTL_MORE_FRAMES = BIT(18), }; /** @@ -338,6 +350,21 @@ enum mac80211_rate_control_flags { * * When used for transmit status reporting, the driver should * always report the rate along with the flags it used. + * + * &struct ieee80211_tx_info contains an array of these structs + * in the control information, and it will be filled by the rate + * control algorithm according to what should be sent. For example, + * if this array contains, in the format { <idx>, <count> } the + * information + * { 3, 2 }, { 2, 2 }, { 1, 4 }, { -1, 0 }, { -1, 0 } + * then this means that the frame should be transmitted + * up to twice at rate 3, up to twice at rate 2, and up to four + * times at rate 1 if it doesn't get acknowledged. Say it gets + * acknowledged by the peer after the fifth attempt, the status + * information should then contain + * { 3, 2 }, { 2, 2 }, { 1, 1 }, { -1, 0 } ... + * since it was transmitted twice at rate 3, twice at rate 2 + * and once at rate 1 after which we received an acknowledgement. */ struct ieee80211_tx_rate { s8 idx; |