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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/mac80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 264 |
1 files changed, 140 insertions, 124 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 3b83a80e3fe..c0610447697 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ #include <linux/wireless.h> #include <linux/device.h> #include <linux/ieee80211.h> -#include <net/wireless.h> #include <net/cfg80211.h> /** @@ -74,22 +73,6 @@ */ /** - * struct ieee80211_ht_bss_info - describing BSS's HT characteristics - * - * This structure describes most essential parameters needed - * to describe 802.11n HT characteristics in a BSS. - * - * @primary_channel: channel number of primery channel - * @bss_cap: 802.11n's general BSS capabilities (e.g. channel width) - * @bss_op_mode: 802.11n's BSS operation modes (e.g. HT protection) - */ -struct ieee80211_ht_bss_info { - u8 primary_channel; - u8 bss_cap; /* use IEEE80211_HT_IE_CHA_ */ - u8 bss_op_mode; /* use IEEE80211_HT_IE_ */ -}; - -/** * enum ieee80211_max_queues - maximum number of queues * * @IEEE80211_MAX_QUEUES: Maximum number of regular device queues. @@ -150,6 +133,13 @@ struct ieee80211_low_level_stats { * @BSS_CHANGED_ERP_SLOT: slot timing changed * @BSS_CHANGED_HT: 802.11n parameters changed * @BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES: Basic rateset changed + * @BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_INT: Beacon interval changed + * @BSS_CHANGED_BSSID: BSSID changed, for whatever + * reason (IBSS and managed mode) + * @BSS_CHANGED_BEACON: Beacon data changed, retrieve + * new beacon (beaconing modes) + * @BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED: Beaconing should be + * enabled/disabled (beaconing modes) */ enum ieee80211_bss_change { BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC = 1<<0, @@ -158,14 +148,10 @@ enum ieee80211_bss_change { BSS_CHANGED_ERP_SLOT = 1<<3, BSS_CHANGED_HT = 1<<4, BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES = 1<<5, -}; - -/** - * struct ieee80211_bss_ht_conf - BSS's changing HT configuration - * @operation_mode: HT operation mode (like in &struct ieee80211_ht_info) - */ -struct ieee80211_bss_ht_conf { - u16 operation_mode; + BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_INT = 1<<6, + BSS_CHANGED_BSSID = 1<<7, + BSS_CHANGED_BEACON = 1<<8, + BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED = 1<<9, }; /** @@ -187,12 +173,16 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_ht_conf { * @timestamp: beacon timestamp * @beacon_int: beacon interval * @assoc_capability: capabilities taken from assoc resp - * @ht: BSS's HT configuration * @basic_rates: bitmap of basic rates, each bit stands for an * index into the rate table configured by the driver in * the current band. + * @bssid: The BSSID for this BSS + * @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. */ struct ieee80211_bss_conf { + const u8 *bssid; /* association related data */ bool assoc; u16 aid; @@ -200,12 +190,13 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf { bool use_cts_prot; bool use_short_preamble; bool use_short_slot; + bool enable_beacon; u8 dtim_period; u16 beacon_int; u16 assoc_capability; u64 timestamp; u32 basic_rates; - struct ieee80211_bss_ht_conf ht; + u16 ht_operation_mode; }; /** @@ -248,6 +239,8 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf { * @IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NEED_TXPROCESSING: completely internal to mac80211, * used to indicate that a pending frame requires TX processing before * it can be sent out. + * @IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRIED: completely internal to mac80211, + * used to indicate that a frame was already retried due to PS */ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags { IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS = BIT(0), @@ -265,6 +258,7 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags { IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE = BIT(12), IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RCALGO = BIT(13), IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_NEED_TXPROCESSING = BIT(14), + IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRIED = BIT(15), }; /** @@ -518,52 +512,76 @@ struct ieee80211_rx_status { * Flags to define PHY configuration options * * @IEEE80211_CONF_RADIOTAP: add radiotap header at receive time (if supported) - * @IEEE80211_CONF_PS: Enable 802.11 power save mode + * @IEEE80211_CONF_PS: Enable 802.11 power save mode (managed mode only) + * @IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE: The device is running, but idle; if the flag is set + * the driver should be prepared to handle configuration requests but + * 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. */ enum ieee80211_conf_flags { IEEE80211_CONF_RADIOTAP = (1<<0), IEEE80211_CONF_PS = (1<<1), + IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE = (1<<2), }; /** * enum ieee80211_conf_changed - denotes which configuration changed * - * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RADIO_ENABLED: the value of radio_enabled changed - * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_BEACON_INTERVAL: the beacon interval changed + * @_IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RADIO_ENABLED: DEPRECATED * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_LISTEN_INTERVAL: the listen interval changed * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RADIOTAP: the radiotap flag changed - * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS: the PS flag changed - * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_DYNPS_TIMEOUT: the dynamic PS timeout changed + * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS: the PS flag or dynamic PS timeout changed * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER: the TX power changed * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL: the channel/channel_type changed * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RETRY_LIMITS: retry limits changed + * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_IDLE: Idle flag changed */ enum ieee80211_conf_changed { - IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RADIO_ENABLED = BIT(0), - IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_BEACON_INTERVAL = BIT(1), + _IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RADIO_ENABLED = BIT(0), IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_LISTEN_INTERVAL = BIT(2), IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RADIOTAP = BIT(3), IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS = BIT(4), - IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_DYNPS_TIMEOUT = BIT(5), - IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER = BIT(6), - IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL = BIT(7), - IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RETRY_LIMITS = BIT(8), + IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER = BIT(5), + IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL = BIT(6), + IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RETRY_LIMITS = BIT(7), + IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_IDLE = BIT(8), }; +static inline __deprecated enum ieee80211_conf_changed +__IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RADIO_ENABLED(void) +{ + return _IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RADIO_ENABLED; +} +#define IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RADIO_ENABLED \ + __IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RADIO_ENABLED() + /** * struct ieee80211_conf - configuration of the device * * This struct indicates how the driver shall configure the hardware. * + * @flags: configuration flags defined above + * * @radio_enabled: when zero, driver is required to switch off the radio. - * @beacon_int: beacon interval (TODO make interface config) + * @beacon_int: DEPRECATED, DO NOT USE + * * @listen_interval: listen interval in units of beacon interval - * @flags: configuration flags defined above + * @max_sleep_period: the maximum number of beacon intervals to sleep for + * before checking the beacon for a TIM bit (managed mode only); this + * value will be only achievable between DTIM frames, the hardware + * needs to check for the multicast traffic bit in DTIM beacons. + * This variable is valid only when the CONF_PS flag is set. + * @dynamic_ps_timeout: The dynamic powersave timeout (in ms), see the + * powersave documentation below. This variable is valid only when + * the CONF_PS flag is set. + * * @power_level: requested transmit power (in dBm) - * @dynamic_ps_timeout: dynamic powersave timeout (in ms) + * * @channel: the channel to tune to * @channel_type: the channel (HT) type + * * @long_frame_max_tx_count: Maximum number of transmissions for a "long" frame * (a frame not RTS protected), called "dot11LongRetryLimit" in 802.11, * but actually means the number of transmissions not the number of retries @@ -572,12 +590,13 @@ enum ieee80211_conf_changed { * number of transmissions not the number of retries */ struct ieee80211_conf { - int beacon_int; + int __deprecated beacon_int; u32 flags; int power_level, dynamic_ps_timeout; + int max_sleep_period; u16 listen_interval; - bool radio_enabled; + bool __deprecated radio_enabled; u8 long_frame_max_tx_count, short_frame_max_tx_count; @@ -640,37 +659,6 @@ struct ieee80211_if_init_conf { }; /** - * enum ieee80211_if_conf_change - interface config change flags - * - * @IEEE80211_IFCC_BSSID: The BSSID changed. - * @IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON: The beacon for this interface changed - * (currently AP and MESH only), use ieee80211_beacon_get(). - * @IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON_ENABLED: The enable_beacon value changed. - */ -enum ieee80211_if_conf_change { - IEEE80211_IFCC_BSSID = BIT(0), - IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON = BIT(1), - IEEE80211_IFCC_BEACON_ENABLED = BIT(2), -}; - -/** - * struct ieee80211_if_conf - configuration of an interface - * - * @changed: parameters that have changed, see &enum ieee80211_if_conf_change. - * @bssid: BSSID of the network we are associated to/creating. - * @enable_beacon: Indicates whether beacons can be sent. - * This is valid only for AP/IBSS/MESH modes. - * - * This structure is passed to the config_interface() callback of - * &struct ieee80211_hw. - */ -struct ieee80211_if_conf { - u32 changed; - const u8 *bssid; - bool enable_beacon; -}; - -/** * enum ieee80211_key_alg - key algorithm * @ALG_WEP: WEP40 or WEP104 * @ALG_TKIP: TKIP @@ -685,16 +673,6 @@ enum ieee80211_key_alg { }; /** - * enum ieee80211_key_len - key length - * @LEN_WEP40: WEP 5-byte long key - * @LEN_WEP104: WEP 13-byte long key - */ -enum ieee80211_key_len { - LEN_WEP40 = 5, - LEN_WEP104 = 13, -}; - -/** * enum ieee80211_key_flags - key flags * * These flags are used for communication about keys between the driver @@ -1109,11 +1087,9 @@ ieee80211_get_alt_retry_rate(const struct ieee80211_hw *hw, * need software support for parsing the TIM bitmap. This is also supported * by mac80211 by combining the %IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS and * %IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK flags. The hardware is of course still - * required to pass up beacons. Additionally, in this case, mac80211 will - * wake up the hardware when multicast traffic is announced in the beacon. - * - * FIXME: I don't think we can be fast enough in software when we want to - * receive multicast traffic? + * required to pass up beacons. The hardware is still required to handle + * waking up for multicast traffic; if it cannot the driver must handle that + * as best as it can, mac80211 is too slow. * * Dynamic powersave mode is an extension to normal powersave mode in which * the hardware stays awake for a user-specified period of time after sending @@ -1134,11 +1110,53 @@ ieee80211_get_alt_retry_rate(const struct ieee80211_hw *hw, * way the host will only receive beacons where some relevant information * (for example ERP protection or WMM settings) have changed. * - * Beacon filter support is informed with %IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER flag. - * The driver needs to enable beacon filter support whenever power save is - * enabled, that is %IEEE80211_CONF_PS is set. When power save is enabled, - * the stack will not check for beacon miss at all and the driver needs to - * notify about complete loss of beacons with ieee80211_beacon_loss(). + * Beacon filter support is advertised with the %IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER + * hardware capability. The driver needs to enable beacon filter support + * whenever power save is enabled, that is %IEEE80211_CONF_PS is set. When + * power save is enabled, the stack will not check for beacon loss and the + * driver needs to notify about loss of beacons with ieee80211_beacon_loss(). + * + * The time (or number of beacons missed) until the firmware notifies the + * driver of a beacon loss event (which in turn causes the driver to call + * ieee80211_beacon_loss()) should be configurable and will be controlled + * by mac80211 and the roaming algorithm in the future. + * + * Since there may be constantly changing information elements that nothing + * in the software stack cares about, we will, in the future, have mac80211 + * tell the driver which information elements are interesting in the sense + * that we want to see changes in them. This will include + * - a list of information element IDs + * - a list of OUIs for the vendor information element + * + * Ideally, the hardware would filter out any beacons without changes in the + * requested elements, but if it cannot support that it may, at the expense + * of some efficiency, filter out only a subset. For example, if the device + * doesn't support checking for OUIs it should pass up all changes in all + * vendor information elements. + * + * Note that change, for the sake of simplification, also includes information + * elements appearing or disappearing from the beacon. + * + * Some hardware supports an "ignore list" instead, just make sure nothing + * that was requested is on the ignore list, and include commonly changing + * information element IDs in the ignore list, for example 11 (BSS load) and + * the various vendor-assigned IEs with unknown contents (128, 129, 133-136, + * 149, 150, 155, 156, 173, 176, 178, 179, 219); for forward compatibility + * it could also include some currently unused IDs. + * + * + * In addition to these capabilities, hardware should support notifying the + * host of changes in the beacon RSSI. This is relevant to implement roaming + * when no traffic is flowing (when traffic is flowing we see the RSSI of + * the received data packets). This can consist in notifying the host when + * the RSSI changes significantly or when it drops below or rises above + * configurable thresholds. In the future these thresholds will also be + * configured by mac80211 (which gets them from userspace) to implement + * them as the roaming algorithm requires. + * + * If the hardware cannot implement this, the driver should ask it to + * periodically pass beacon frames to the host so that software can do the + * signal strength threshold checking. */ /** @@ -1298,10 +1316,6 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { * This function should never fail but returns a negative error code * if it does. * - * @config_interface: Handler for configuration requests related to interfaces - * (e.g. BSSID changes.) - * Returns a negative error code which will be seen in userspace. - * * @bss_info_changed: Handler for configuration requests related to BSS * parameters that may vary during BSS's lifespan, and may affect low * level driver (e.g. assoc/disassoc status, erp parameters). @@ -1330,11 +1344,14 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { * the scan state machine in stack. The scan must honour the channel * configuration done by the regulatory agent in the wiphy's * registered bands. The hardware (or the driver) needs to make sure - * that power save is disabled. When the scan finishes, - * ieee80211_scan_completed() must be called; note that it also must - * be called when the scan cannot finish because the hardware is - * turned off! Anything else is a bug! Returns a negative error code - * which will be seen in userspace. + * that power save is disabled. + * The @req ie/ie_len members are rewritten by mac80211 to contain the + * entire IEs after the SSID, so that drivers need not look at these + * at all but just send them after the SSID -- mac80211 includes the + * (extended) supported rates and HT information (where applicable). + * When the scan finishes, ieee80211_scan_completed() must be called; + * note that it also must be called when the scan cannot finish due to + * any error unless this callback returned a negative error code. * * @sw_scan_start: Notifier function that is called just before a software scan * is started. Can be NULL, if the driver doesn't need this notification. @@ -1390,6 +1407,10 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { * is the first frame we expect to perform the action on. Notice * that TX/RX_STOP can pass NULL for this parameter. * Returns a negative error code on failure. + * + * @rfkill_poll: Poll rfkill hardware state. If you need this, you also + * need to set wiphy->rfkill_poll to %true before registration, + * and need to call wiphy_rfkill_set_hw_state() in the callback. */ struct ieee80211_ops { int (*tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb); @@ -1400,9 +1421,6 @@ struct ieee80211_ops { void (*remove_interface)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_if_init_conf *conf); int (*config)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed); - int (*config_interface)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, - struct ieee80211_vif *vif, - struct ieee80211_if_conf *conf); void (*bss_info_changed)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif, struct ieee80211_bss_conf *info, @@ -1441,6 +1459,8 @@ struct ieee80211_ops { int (*ampdu_action)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action action, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u16 tid, u16 *ssn); + + void (*rfkill_poll)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw); }; /** @@ -1572,6 +1592,20 @@ void ieee80211_unregister_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw); */ void ieee80211_free_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw); +/** + * ieee80211_restart_hw - restart hardware completely + * + * Call this function when the hardware was restarted for some reason + * (hardware error, ...) and the driver is unable to restore its state + * by itself. mac80211 assumes that at this point the driver/hardware + * is completely uninitialised and stopped, it starts the process by + * calling the ->start() operation. The driver will need to reset all + * internal state that it has prior to calling this function. + * + * @hw: the hardware to restart + */ +void ieee80211_restart_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw); + /* trick to avoid symbol clashes with the ieee80211 subsystem */ void __ieee80211_rx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ieee80211_rx_status *status); @@ -1775,24 +1809,6 @@ struct sk_buff * ieee80211_get_buffered_bc(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif); /** - * ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb - get header length from data - * - * Given an skb with a raw 802.11 header at the data pointer this function - * returns the 802.11 header length in bytes (not including encryption - * headers). If the data in the sk_buff is too short to contain a valid 802.11 - * header the function returns 0. - * - * @skb: the frame - */ -unsigned int ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb); - -/** - * ieee80211_hdrlen - get header length in bytes from frame control - * @fc: frame control field in little-endian format - */ -unsigned int ieee80211_hdrlen(__le16 fc); - -/** * ieee80211_get_tkip_key - get a TKIP rc4 for skb * * This function computes a TKIP rc4 key for an skb. It computes |