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| author | Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> | 2009-03-30 08:05:29 -0400 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2009-04-22 16:54:35 -0400 |
| commit | 42639fcd443d97a9a471f4b8269620286dd7036b (patch) | |
| tree | 8c1b86e221ab2fc105521633cccb69f7453c3bc6 /drivers/net/wireless/ath5k | |
| parent | d5522e039586fdf72493225a88b944f726b69671 (diff) | |
ath5k: reduce exported channel list
Claiming every available 5 ghz channel has a couple of negative
side-effects: scanning takes a long time, and the channel list
overflows the available buffer space for netlink commands,
resulting in:
$ iw phy phy0 info
command failed: No buffer space available (-105)
This patch adds a modparam so people who want to see all the channels
can do so by passing all_channels=1. By default users will see a
smaller list of channels. This also halves scan time, from 10 seconds
down to less than 5 when using world regulatory.
Changes-licensed-under: 3-Clause-BSD
Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Reported-by: Simon Farnsworth <simon@farnz.org.uk>
Tested-By: Simon Farnsworth <simon@farnz.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath5k')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c index a08bc8a4fb6..d8c60c53d95 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c @@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ static int modparam_nohwcrypt; module_param_named(nohwcrypt, modparam_nohwcrypt, int, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(nohwcrypt, "Disable hardware encryption."); +static int modparam_all_channels; +module_param_named(all_channels, modparam_all_channels, int, 0444); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(all_channels, "Expose all channels the device can use."); + /******************\ * Internal defines * @@ -862,6 +866,20 @@ ath5k_ieee2mhz(short chan) return 2212 + chan * 20; } +/* + * Returns true for the channel numbers used without all_channels modparam. + */ +static bool ath5k_is_standard_channel(short chan) +{ + return ((chan <= 14) || + /* UNII 1,2 */ + ((chan & 3) == 0 && chan >= 36 && chan <= 64) || + /* midband */ + ((chan & 3) == 0 && chan >= 100 && chan <= 140) || + /* UNII-3 */ + ((chan & 3) == 1 && chan >= 149 && chan <= 165)); +} + static unsigned int ath5k_copy_channels(struct ath5k_hw *ah, struct ieee80211_channel *channels, @@ -899,6 +917,9 @@ ath5k_copy_channels(struct ath5k_hw *ah, if (!ath5k_channel_ok(ah, freq, chfreq)) continue; + if (!modparam_all_channels && !ath5k_is_standard_channel(ch)) + continue; + /* Write channel info and increment counter */ channels[count].center_freq = freq; channels[count].band = (chfreq == CHANNEL_2GHZ) ? |