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2010-01-15mac80211: Fixed netif_tx_wake_all_queues in IBSS modeBenoit Papillault
When ieee80211_offchannel_return is called, it needs to re-enabled TX queues that have been stopped in ieee80211_offchannel_stop_beaconing or ieee80211_offchannel_stop_station. It happens if we are doing a scan with an IBSS interface. In this case, the interface stopped transmitting. Signed-off-by: Benoit Papillault <benoit.papillault@free.fr> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-14cfg80211: Ingore country IEs with a zero set of number of channelsLuis R. Rodriguez
Previous to this and the last patch, titled, "cfg80211: Fix 2 GHz subband calculation for country IEs" we would end up treating these IEs as single channel units. These are in fact just bogus IE triplets so ignore the entire IE if these are found. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-14cfg80211: fix 2 GHz subband calculation for country IEsLuis R. Rodriguez
Country IEs triplets are getting an extra channel with the current count. This does not affect regulatory because we always took the intersection between what the AP gave and what CRDA believed is correct. This however does fix processing some Country IEs with multiple sequential 2 GHz triplets. Since our parser and the spec mandates all channels be monitonically increasing we would drop the IE after noticing the second triplet begins on a channel already processed. APs that send these type of country IEs seems rare though. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: check uapsd state for dynamic power saveKalle Valo
To make U-APSD client mode effective, we must not wake up from dynamic power save when transmitting frames. So if dynamic power save is enabled, it needs check the queue the transmitted packet is in and decide if we need to wake up or not. In a perfect world, where all packets would have correct QoS tags, U-APSD enabled queues should not trigger wakeup from power save. But in the real world, where very few packets have correct QoS tags, this won't work. For example, if only voip class has U-APSD enabled and we send a packet in voip class, but the packets we receive are in best effort class, we would receive the packets with the legacy power save method. And that would increase latencies too much from a voip application point of view. The workaround is to enable U-APSD for all qeueus and still use dynamic ps wakeup for all other queues except voip. That way we can still save power with a voip application and not sacrifice latency. Normal traffic (in background, best effort or video class) would still trigger wakeup from dynamic power save. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: create tx handler for dynamic psKalle Valo
Currently dynamic ps check is in ieee80211_xmit(), but it's cleaner to have a separate tx handler for this. Also this is a prerequisite for U-APSD client mode which needs to know the queue frame is in. Also need_dynamic_ps() function is embedded to the tx handler. No functional changes expect that the code is run in a later phase than originally. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: add debugfs interface for U-APSD queue configurationKalle Valo
Because it's not yet decided how to configure which queues are U-APSD enabled, add a debugfs interface for testing purposes. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: add U-APSD client supportKalle Valo
Add Unscheduled Automatic Power-Save Delivery (U-APSD) client support. The idea is that the data frames from the client trigger AP to send the buffered frames with ACs which have U-APSD enabled. This decreases latency and makes it possible to save even more power. Driver needs to use IEEE80211_HW_UAPSD to enable the feature. The current implementation assumes that firmware takes care of the wakeup and hardware needing IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK is not yet supported. Tested with wl1251 on a Nokia N900 and Cisco Aironet 1231G AP and running various test traffic with ping. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: remove unused type argumentJohannes Berg
The type argument to DEBUGFS_ADD() isn't used and can be removed, it's around from before the conversion to debugfs_remove_recursive(). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: flush workqueue before calling driver ->stop() methodLennert Buytenhek
Since commit "mwl8k: handle station database update for AP's sta entry via ->sta_notify()", mwl8k every now and then gets a command timeout when ifconfig'ing a STA interface down. This turns out to be due to mwl8k_stop() being called while the work queue item that was scheduled by mwl8k_sta_notify() to remove the STA entry for the associated AP is still queued, and the former disables interrupts so that when the latter eventually runs, a command completion interrupt is never seen. Fix this by changing ieee80211_stop_device() so that the workqueue is flushed before drv_stop() is called, instead of doing it the other way around as is done now. (As ->stop() is allowed to sleep, there isn't any reason for drivers to queue work from within it.) Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12net/mac80211/mlme.c: Remove unnecessary semicolonsJoe Perches
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: fix return from ieee80211_assoc_successJohannes Berg
sparse pointed out that I made a mistake converting the return value of ieee80211_assoc_success to bool, this place should return false instead of one of the enum values (which would be true). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: do not transmit frames on unconfigured 4-addr vlan interfacesFelix Fietkau
If frames are transmitted on 4-addr ap vlan interfaces with no station, they end up being transmitted unencrypted, even if the ap interface uses WPA. This patch add some sanity checking to make sure that this does not happen. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: allow station updates on ap interfaces for vlan stationsFelix Fietkau
Since the per-vif station changes, sta_info_get on the ap sdata no longer returns entries for stations on ap vlans. This causes issues with hostapd, which currently always passes the ap interface name to nl80211 calls. This patch provides bug compatibility with the earlier versions until hostapd is fixed. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: use nullfunc frames for 4-addr sta detectionFelix Fietkau
To detect incoming 4-addr stations, hostapd needs to receive a 4-addr data frame from the remote station, so that it can create the AP VLAN for it. With this patch, the mlme code emits a 4-addr nullfunc frame immediately after assoc. On the AP side it also drops 4-addr nullfunc frames to the cooked monitor mode interface, if the interface hasn't been fully set up to receive 4-addr data frames yet. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12cfg80211: Fix country IE parsing for single channel tripletsLuis R. Rodriguez
This enhances the way we parse country IEs to minimize the number of regulatory rules that we create. It also fixes our current implementation which treated country IE triplets with only one channel as one independed regulatory rule even though adjecent rules were also being provided. Without this patch APs which send country IE information with a channel triplet for each individual channel will force cfg80211 to deny HT40 operation as a regulatory rule would have been created independently for each channel and as such configured only for 20 MHz operation. Although 802.11n APs which send country IEs triplets in this fassion are likely rare Benoit reports this against the Ubiquity NanoStation M5, with Country "FR" and HT40 enabled. Since we now have a helper which parses the triplets in intermediate steps we now take care extra care to process padding. Reported-by: Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12cfg80211: process the max power on a country IELuis R. Rodriguez
The max power from each country IE triplet was being ignored. This fix isn't critical as CRDA was always being used for the lower limit, but we should process it in case the AP still wants to decrease power output even more for whatever reason. Reported-by: Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12cfg80211: add debug print when we drop a bogus country IELuis R. Rodriguez
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: fix a few work bugsJohannes Berg
Kalle and Lennert reported problems with the new work code, and at least Kalle's problem I was able to trace to a missing jiffies initialisation. I also ran into a problem where occasionally I couldn't connect, which seems fixed with kicking the work items after scanning. Finally, also add some sanity checking code to verify that we're not adding work items while an interface is down -- that case could lead to something similar to what Lennert was seeing. There still seems to be a race condition that we're trying to figure out separately. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Tested-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com> Tested-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12cfg80211: Store IEs from both Beacon and Probe Response framesJouni Malinen
Store information elements from Beacon and Probe Response frames in separate buffers to allow both sets to be made available through nl80211. This allows user space applications to get access to IEs from Beacon frames even if we have received Probe Response frames from the BSS. Previously, the IEs from Probe Response frames would have overridden the IEs from Beacon frames. This feature is of somewhat limited use since most protocols include the same (or extended) information in Probe Response frames. However, there are couple of exceptions where the IEs from Beacon frames could be of some use: TIM IE is only included in Beacon frames (and it would be needed to figure out the DTIM period used in the BSS) and at least some implementations of Wireless Provisioning Services seem to include the full IE only in Beacon frames). The new BSS attribute for scan results is added to allow both the IE sets to be delivered. This is done in a way that maintains the previously used behavior for applications that are not aware of the new NL80211_BSS_BEACON_IES attribute. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: use Probe Request template when sending a direct scanKalle Valo
As mac80211 now has a separate function for creating Probe Request templates, better to use it when sending direct Probe Requests to an AP. Only the bssid needs to be updated in the template before sending it. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: create Probe Request templateKalle Valo
Certain type of hardware, for example wl1251 and wl1271, need a template for the Probe Request. Create a function ieee80211_probereq_get() which creates the template and drivers send it to hardware. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: use PS Poll and Nullfunc templates when sending such framesKalle Valo
To avoid duplicate code, use ieee80211_[pspoll|nullfunc]_get() to get templates for PS Poll and Nullfunc frames in mlme.c. Compile-tested only. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: add functions to create PS Poll and Nullfunc templatesKalle Valo
Some hardware, for example wl1251 and wl1271, handle the transmission of power save related frames in hardware, but the driver is responsible for creating the templates. It's better to create the templates in mac80211, that way all drivers can benefit from this. Add two new functions, ieee80211_pspoll_get() and ieee80211_nullfunc_get() which drivers need to call to get the frame. Drivers are also responsible for updating the templates after each association. Also new struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr is added to ieee80211.h to make it easy to calculate length of the Nullfunc frame. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12nl80211: New command for setting TX rate mask for rate controlJouni Malinen
Add a new NL80211_CMD_SET_TX_BITRATE_MASK command and related attributes to provide support for setting TX rate mask for rate control. This uses the existing cfg80211 set_bitrate_mask operation that was previously used only with WEXT compat code (SIOCSIWRATE). The nl80211 command allows more generic configuration of allowed rates as a mask instead of fixed/max rate. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12cfg80211/mac80211: Use more generic bitrate mask for rate controlJouni Malinen
Extend struct cfg80211_bitrate_mask to actually use a bitfield mask instead of just a single fixed or maximum rate index. This change itself does not modify the behavior (except for debugfs files), but it prepares cfg80211 and mac80211 for a new nl80211 command for setting which rates can be used in TX rate control. Since frames are now going through the rate control algorithm unconditionally, the internal IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RCALGO flag can now be removed. The RC implementations can use the rate_idx_mask value to optimize their behavior if only a single rate is enabled. The old max_rate_idx in struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control is maintained (but commented as deprecated) for backwards compatibility with existing RC implementations. Once these implementations have been updated to use the more generic rate_idx_mask, the max_rate_idx value can be removed. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: Select lowest rate based on basic rate set in AP modeJouni Malinen
If the basic rate set is configured to not include the lowest rate (e.g., basic rate set = 6, 12, 24 Mbps in IEEE 802.11g mode), the AP should not send out broadcast frames at 1 Mbps. This type of configuration can be used to optimize channel usage in cases where there is no need for backwards compatibility with IEEE 802.11b-only devices. In AP mode, mac80211 was unconditionally using the lowest rate for Beacon frames and similarly, with all rate control algorithms that use rate_control_send_low(), the lowest rate ended up being used for all broadcast frames (and all unicast frames that are sent before association). Change this to take into account the basic rate configuration in AP mode, i.e., use the lowest rate in the basic rate set instead of the lowest supported rate when selecting the rate. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: quit addba_resp_timer if Tx BA session is torn downZhu Yi
Make addba_resp_timer aware the HT_AGG_STATE_REQ_STOP_BA_MSK mask so that when ___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session() is issued the timer will quit. Otherwise when suspend happens before the timer expired, the timer handler will be called immediately after resume and messes up driver status. Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12mac80211: Add new callback set_coverage_classLukáš Turek
Mac80211 callback to driver set_coverage_class() sets slot time and ACK timeout for given IEEE 802.11 coverage class. The callback is optional, but it's essential for long distance links. Signed-off-by: Lukas Turek <8an@praha12.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-12nl80211: Add new WIPHY attribute COVERAGE_CLASSLukáš Turek
The new attribute NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS sets IEEE 802.11 Coverage Class, which depends on maximum distance of nodes in a wireless network. It's required for long distance links (more than a few hundred meters). The attribute is now ignored by two non-mac80211 drivers, rndis and iwmc3200wifi, together with WIPHY_PARAM_RETRY_SHORT and WIPHY_PARAM_RETRY_LONG. If it turns out to be a problem, we could split set_wiphy_params callback or add new capability bits. Signed-off-by: Lukas Turek <8an@praha12.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6John W. Linville
Conflicts: net/mac80211/scan.c net/mac80211/wme.c
2010-01-06Revert "mac80211: replace netif_tx_{start,stop,wake}_all_queues"John W. Linville
This reverts commit 53623f1a09c7a7d23b74f0f7d93dba0ebde1006b. This was inadvertantly missed in "mac80211: fix skb buffering issue", and is required with that patch to restore proper queue operation. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-06mac80211: fix-up build breakage in 2.6.33John W. Linville
"mac80211: fix skb buffering issue" is based on what will become 2.6.34, so it includes an incompatible usage of sta_info_get. This patch will need to be effectively reverted when merging for 2.6.34. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-05wireless: fix build breakage when CONFIG_CFG80211_REG_DEBUG not setJohn W. Linville
Bad macro definition in "cfg80211: add a regulatory debug print"... Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-05Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6John W. Linville
Conflicts: net/mac80211/iface.c
2010-01-05mac80211: fix ampdu_action tx_start ssnChristian Lamparter
The start_seq_num is taken from the station's tid_seq[tid]. This is fine, except tid_seq sequence counter is shifted by 4 bits to accommodate for frame fragmentation. Both (iwlagn & ath9k) were unaffected by this minor glitch, because they don't read the *ssn for the AMPDU_TX_START action. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-05cfg80211: add a regulatory debug printLuis R. Rodriguez
Instead of sprinkling code with ifdef's define REG_DBG_PRINT() instead. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-05mac80211: fix ieee80211_change_mac() to use struct sockaddrKalle Valo
Setting the mac address from user space was buggy. For example, when executing this command: ip link set wlan0 address 00:1f:df:88:cd:55 mac80211 used the address 01:00:00:1f:df:88 instead. It was shifted two bytes. The reason was that the addr (type of void *) provided to ieee80211_change_mac() is actually of type struct sockaddr, not just the mac address array. Also the call to eth_mac_addr() expects the address to be struct sockaddr. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-05mac80211: fix a warning related to pointer conversion to u64 cookieKalle Valo
On a 32 bit system (in this case an omap 3430 system) gcc warned about pointer conversion: net/mac80211/work.c: In function 'ieee80211_remain_on_channel_timeout': net/mac80211/work.c:534: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size net/mac80211/work.c: In function 'ieee80211_remain_done': net/mac80211/work.c:1030: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size net/mac80211/work.c: In function 'ieee80211_wk_remain_on_channel': net/mac80211/work.c:1056: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size net/mac80211/work.c: In function 'ieee80211_wk_cancel_remain_on_channel': net/mac80211/work.c:1072: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size Fix it by casting the pointers to unsigned long instead. This makes the compiler happy again. Compile-tested only. Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-05mac80211: No need to include WEXT headers hereJouni Malinen
Remove the forgotten linux/wireless.h inclusion from mac80211. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-05mac80211: fix skb buffering issueJohannes Berg
Since I removed the master netdev, we've been keeping internal queues only, and even before that we never told the networking stack above the virtual interfaces about congestion. This means that packets are queued in mac80211 and the upper layers never know, possibly leading to memory exhaustion and other problems. This patch makes all interfaces multiqueue and uses ndo_select_queue to put the packets into queues per AC. Additionally, when the driver stops a queue, we now stop all corresponding queues for the virtual interfaces as well. The injection case will use VO by default for non-data frames, and BE for data frames, but downgrade any data frames according to ACM. It needs to be fleshed out in the future to allow chosing the queue/AC in radiotap. Reported-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.32] Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-04cfg80211: fix syntax error on user regulatory hintsLuis R. Rodriguez
This fixes a syntax error when setting up the user regulatory hint. This change yields the same exact binary object though so it ends up just being a syntax typo fix, fortunately. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-01-04mac80211: fix typo added by "mac80211: fix propagation of failed..."John W. Linville
'Typo: it's "Hardware", not "Harware". Hmm, sometimes it's hairware :-)"' -- Holger Schurig Reported-by: Holger Schurig <holgerschurig@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-30Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6John W. Linville
Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c
2009-12-28mac80211: annotate sleeping driver opsKalle Valo
To make it easier to notice cases of calling sleeping ops in atomic context, annotate driver-ops.h with appropiate might_sleep() calls. At the same time, also document in mac80211.h the op functions with missing contexts. mac80211 doesn't seem to use get_tx_stats anywhere currently. Just to be on the safe side, I documented it to be atomic, but hopefully the op can be removed in the future. Compile-tested only. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: remove requeue from workJohannes Berg
There's no need to be requeueing the work struct since we check for the scan after removing items due to possible timeouts. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: remove struct ieee80211_if_init_confJohannes Berg
All its members (vif, mac_addr, type) are now available in the vif struct directly, so we can pass that instead of the conf struct. I generated this patch (except the mac80211 and header file changes) with this semantic patch: @@ identifier conf, fn, hw; type tp; @@ tp fn(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, -struct ieee80211_if_init_conf *conf) +struct ieee80211_vif *vif) { <... ( -conf->type +vif->type | -conf->mac_addr +vif->addr | -conf->vif +vif ) ...> } Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211/cfg80211: add station eventsJohannes Berg
When, for instance, a new IBSS peer is found, userspace wants to be notified. Add events for all new stations that mac80211 learns about. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: make off-channel work genericJohannes Berg
This changes mac80211 to allow being off-channel for any type of work, not just the 'remain-on-channel' work. This also helps fast transition to a BSS on a different channel. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28mac80211: support remain-on-channel commandJohannes Berg
This implements the new remain-on-channel cfg80211 command in mac80211, extending the work interface. Also change the work purge code to be able to clean up events properly (pretending they timed out.) Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-12-28cfg80211: add remain-on-channel commandJouni Malinen
Add new commands for requesting the driver to remain awake on a specified channel for the specified amount of time (and another command to cancel such an operation). This can be used to implement userspace-controlled off-channel operations, like Public Action frame exchange on another channel than the operation channel. The off-channel operation should behave similarly to scan, i.e. the local station (if associated) moves into power save mode to request the AP to buffer frames for it and then moves to the other channel to allow the off-channel operation to be completed. The duration parameter can be used to request enough time to receive a response from the target station. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>