*
* Copyright 2002-2005, Devicescape Software, Inc.
* Copyright 2006-2007 Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
- * Copyright 2007-2008 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+ * Copyright 2007-2010 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
* new beacon (beaconing modes)
* @BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED: Beaconing should be
* enabled/disabled (beaconing modes)
+ * @BSS_CHANGED_CQM: Connection quality monitor config changed
*/
enum ieee80211_bss_change {
BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC = 1<<0,
BSS_CHANGED_BSSID = 1<<7,
BSS_CHANGED_BEACON = 1<<8,
BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED = 1<<9,
+ BSS_CHANGED_CQM = 1<<10,
};
/**
* @enable_beacon: whether beaconing should be enabled or not
* @ht_operation_mode: HT operation mode (like in &struct ieee80211_ht_info).
* This field is only valid when the channel type is one of the HT types.
+ * @cqm_rssi_thold: Connection quality monitor RSSI threshold, a zero value
+ * implies disabled
+ * @cqm_rssi_hyst: Connection quality monitor RSSI hysteresis
*/
struct ieee80211_bss_conf {
const u8 *bssid;
u64 timestamp;
u32 basic_rates;
u16 ht_operation_mode;
+ s32 cqm_rssi_thold;
+ u32 cqm_rssi_hyst;
};
/**
* be modified again (no seqno assignment, crypto, etc.)
* @IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_HAS_RADIOTAP: This frame was injected and still
* has a radiotap header at skb->data.
+ * @IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NL80211_FRAME_TX: Frame was requested through nl80211
+ * MLME command (internal to mac80211 to figure out whether to send TX
+ * status to user space)
+ * @IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC: tells the driver to use LDPC for this frame
*/
enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS = BIT(0),
IEEE80211_TX_CTL_MORE_FRAMES = BIT(18),
IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRANSMISSION = BIT(19),
IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_HAS_RADIOTAP = BIT(20),
+ IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NL80211_FRAME_TX = BIT(21),
+ IEEE80211_TX_CTL_LDPC = BIT(22),
};
/**
* @signal: signal strength when receiving this frame, either in dBm, in dB or
* unspecified depending on the hardware capabilities flags
* @IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_*
- * @noise: noise when receiving this frame, in dBm.
+ * @noise: noise when receiving this frame, in dBm (DEPRECATED).
* @antenna: antenna used
* @rate_idx: index of data rate into band's supported rates or MCS index if
* HT rates are use (RX_FLAG_HT)
enum ieee80211_band band;
int freq;
int signal;
- int noise;
+ int noise __deprecated;
int antenna;
int rate_idx;
int flag;
* may turn the device off as much as possible. Typically, this flag will
* be set when an interface is set UP but not associated or scanning, but
* it can also be unset in that case when monitor interfaces are active.
+ * @IEEE80211_CONF_QOS: Enable 802.11e QoS also know as WMM (Wireless
+ * Multimedia). On some drivers (iwlwifi is one of know) we have
+ * to enable/disable QoS explicitly.
*/
enum ieee80211_conf_flags {
IEEE80211_CONF_MONITOR = (1<<0),
IEEE80211_CONF_PS = (1<<1),
IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE = (1<<2),
+ IEEE80211_CONF_QOS = (1<<3),
};
IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL = BIT(6),
IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RETRY_LIMITS = BIT(7),
IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_IDLE = BIT(8),
+ IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_QOS = BIT(9),
};
/**
* Hardware can provide ack status reports of Tx frames to
* the stack.
*
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR:
+ * The hardware performs its own connection monitoring, including
+ * periodic keep-alives to the AP and probing the AP on beacon loss.
+ * When this flag is set, signaling beacon-loss will cause an immediate
+ * change to disassociated state.
+ *
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_CQM_RSSI:
+ * Hardware can do connection quality monitoring - i.e. it can monitor
+ * connection quality related parameters, such as the RSSI level and
+ * provide notifications if configured trigger levels are reached.
+ *
*/
enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL = 1<<0,
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_SMPS = 1<<16,
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD = 1<<17,
IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS = 1<<18,
+ IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR = 1<<19,
+ IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_CQM_RSSI = 1<<20,
};
/**
* ieee80211_rx - receive frame
*
* Use this function to hand received frames to mac80211. The receive
- * buffer in @skb must start with an IEEE 802.11 header.
+ * buffer in @skb must start with an IEEE 802.11 header. In case of a
+ * paged @skb is used, the driver is recommended to put the ieee80211
+ * header of the frame on the linear part of the @skb to avoid memory
+ * allocation and/or memcpy by the stack.
*
* This function may not be called in IRQ context. Calls to this function
* for a single hardware must be synchronized against each other. Calls to
*
* @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
*
- * When beacon filtering is enabled with IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTERING and
- * IEEE80211_CONF_PS is set, the driver needs to inform whenever the
+ * When beacon filtering is enabled with %IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTERING and
+ * %IEEE80211_CONF_PS is set, the driver needs to inform whenever the
* hardware is not receiving beacons with this function.
*/
void ieee80211_beacon_loss(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
+/**
+ * ieee80211_connection_loss - inform hardware has lost connection to the AP
+ *
+ * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
+ *
+ * When beacon filtering is enabled with %IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTERING, and
+ * %IEEE80211_CONF_PS and %IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR are set, the driver
+ * needs to inform if the connection to the AP has been lost.
+ *
+ * This function will cause immediate change to disassociated state,
+ * without connection recovery attempts.
+ */
+void ieee80211_connection_loss(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
+
+/**
+ * ieee80211_cqm_rssi_notify - inform a configured connection quality monitoring
+ * rssi threshold triggered
+ *
+ * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
+ * @rssi_event: the RSSI trigger event type
+ * @gfp: context flags
+ *
+ * When the %IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_CQM_RSSI is set, and a connection quality
+ * monitoring is configured with an rssi threshold, the driver will inform
+ * whenever the rssi level reaches the threshold.
+ */
+void ieee80211_cqm_rssi_notify(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+ enum nl80211_cqm_rssi_threshold_event rssi_event,
+ gfp_t gfp);
+
/* Rate control API */
/**
struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *priv_sta);
void (*rate_update)(void *priv, struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
- void *priv_sta, u32 changed);
+ void *priv_sta, u32 changed,
+ enum nl80211_channel_type oper_chan_type);
void (*free_sta)(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
void *priv_sta);