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2011-02-08Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
2011-02-03cfg80211: Fix power save state after interface type changeJuuso Oikarinen
Currently cfg80211 only configures the PSM state to the driver upon creation of a new virtual interface, but not after interface type change. The mac80211 on the other hand reinitializes its sdata structure every time the interface type is changed, losing the PSM configuration. Hence, if the interface type is changed to, say, ad-hoc and then back to managed, "iw wlan0 get power_save" will claim that PSM is enabled, when in fact on mac80211 level it is not. Fix this in cfg80211 by configuring the PSM state to the driver each time the interface is brought up instead of just when the interface is created. Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2011-02-03Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
2011-01-28net/wireless/nl80211.c: Avoid call to genlmsg_cancelJulia Lawall
genlmsg_cancel subtracts some constants from its second argument before calling nlmsg_cancel. nlmsg_cancel then calls nlmsg_trim on the same arguments. nlmsg_trim tests for NULL before doing any computation, but a NULL second argument to genlmsg_cancel is no longer NULL due to the initial subtraction. Nothing else happens in this execution, so the call to genlmsg_cancel is simply unnecessary in this case. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression data; @@ if (data == NULL) { ... * genlmsg_cancel(..., data); ... return ...; } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2011-01-28cfg80211: Allow non-zero indexes for device specific pair-wise ciphersJuuso Oikarinen
Some vendor specific cipher suites require non-zero key indexes for pairwise keys, but as of currently, the cfg80211 does not allow it. As validating they cipher parameters for vendor specific cipher suites is the job of the driver or hardware/firmware, change the cfg80211 to allow also non-zero pairwise key indexes for vendor specific ciphers. Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2011-01-27Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
2011-01-21cfg80211: Extend channel to frequency mapping for 802.11jBruno Randolf
Extend channel to frequency mapping for 802.11j Japan 4.9GHz band, according to IEEE802.11 section 17.3.8.3.2 and Annex J. Because there are now overlapping channel numbers in the 2GHz and 5GHz band we can't map from channel to frequency without knowing the band. This is no problem as in most contexts we know the band. In places where we don't know the band (and WEXT compatibility) we assume the 2GHz band for channels below 14. This patch does not implement all channel to frequency mappings defined in 802.11, it's just an extension for 802.11j 20MHz channels. 5MHz and 10MHz channels as well as 802.11y channels have been omitted. The following drivers have been updated to reflect the API changes: iwl-3945, iwl-agn, iwmc3200wifi, libertas, mwl8k, rt2x00, wl1251, wl12xx. The drivers have been compile-tested only. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: Brian Prodoehl <bprodoehl@gmail.com> Acked-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2011-01-20kconfig: rename CONFIG_EMBEDDED to CONFIG_EXPERTDavid Rientjes
The meaning of CONFIG_EMBEDDED has long since been obsoleted; the option is used to configure any non-standard kernel with a much larger scope than only small devices. This patch renames the option to CONFIG_EXPERT in init/Kconfig and fixes references to the option throughout the kernel. A new CONFIG_EMBEDDED option is added that automatically selects CONFIG_EXPERT when enabled and can be used in the future to isolate options that should only be considered for embedded systems (RISC architectures, SLOB, etc). Calling the option "EXPERT" more accurately represents its intention: only expert users who understand the impact of the configuration changes they are making should enable it. Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: David Woodhouse <david.woodhouse@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-01-04cfg80211: fix transposition of words in printkBob Copeland
Fixes the misplaced article in the following: "cfg80211: Updating information on frequency 5785 MHz for 20 a MHz width channel with regulatory rule:" Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-20nl80211: Export available antennasBruno Randolf
Export the information which antennas are available for configuration as TX or RX antennas via nl80211. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-20cfg80211: Separate available antennas for RX and TXBruno Randolf
As has been pointed out by Daniel Halperin some devices (e.g. Intel IWL5100) can only TX from a subset of RX antennas, so use separate availability masks for RX and TX. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-20mac80211: Send mesh non-HWMP path selection frames to userspaceJavier Cardona
Let path selection frames for protocols other than HWMP be sent to userspace via NL80211_CMD_REGISTER_FRAME. Also allow userspace to send and receive mesh path selection frames. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-20mac80211: Let userspace enable and configure vendor specific path selection.Javier Cardona
Userspace will now be allowed to toggle between the default path selection algorithm (HWMP, implemented in the kernel), and a vendor specific alternative. Also in the same patch, allow userspace to add information elements to mesh beacons. This is accordance with the Extensible Path Selection Framework specified in version 7.0 of the 802.11s draft. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-20mac80211: Rename mesh_params to mesh_config to prepare for mesh_setupJavier Cardona
Mesh parameters can be to setup a mesh or to configure it. This patch renames the ambiguous name mesh_params to mesh_config in preparation for mesh_setup. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-16cfg80211: fix null pointer dereference with a custom regulatory requestLuis R. Rodriguez
Once we moved the core regulatory request to the queue and let the scheduler process it last_request will have been left NULL until the schedular decides to process the first request. When this happens and we are loading a driver with a custom regulatory request like all Atheros drivers we end up with a NULL pointer dereference. We fix this by checking if the request was a custom one. BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000004 IP: [<ffffffffa016de87>] freq_reg_info_regd.clone.2+0x27/0x130 [cfg80211] PGD 71f91067 PUD 712b2067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-1/firmware/2-1/loading CPU 0 Modules linked in: ath9k_htc(+) ath9k_common ath9k_hw ath <etc> Pid: 3094, comm: insmod Tainted: G W 2.6.37-rc5-wl #16 INVALID/28427ZQ RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa016de87>] [<ffffffffa016de87>] freq_reg_info_regd.clone.2+0x27/0x130 [cfg80211] RSP: 0018:ffff88007045db78 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffa047d9a0 RCX: ffff88007045dbd0 RDX: 0000000000004e20 RSI: 000000000024cde0 RDI: ffff8800700483e0 RBP: ffff88007045db98 R08: ffffffffa02f5b40 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: 000000000000000e R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff88007004e3b0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff880070048340 FS: 00007f635a707700(0000) GS:ffff880077400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000004 CR3: 00000000708a9000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process insmod (pid: 3094, threadinfo ffff88007045c000, task ffff8800713e3ec0) Stack: ffffffffa047d9a0 0000000000000000 ffff88007004e3b0 0000000000000000 ffff88007045dc08 ffffffffa016e147 000000007045dc08 0000000000000002 ffff8800700483e0 ffffffffa02f5b40 ffff88007045dbd8 0000000000000000 Call Trace: [<ffffffffa016e147>] wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory+0x137/0x1d0 [cfg80211] [<ffffffffa047a690>] ? ath9k_reg_notifier+0x0/0x50 [ath9k_htc] [<ffffffffa02f47f7>] ath_regd_init+0x347/0x430 [ath] [<ffffffffa047b1f5>] ath9k_htc_probe_device+0x6c5/0x960 [ath9k_htc] [<ffffffffa0472a2c>] ath9k_htc_hw_init+0xc/0x30 [ath9k_htc] [<ffffffffa04747e6>] ath9k_hif_usb_probe+0x216/0x3b0 [ath9k_htc] [<ffffffffa03bb6bc>] usb_probe_interface+0x10c/0x210 [usbcore] [<ffffffff812aec26>] driver_probe_device+0x96/0x1c0 [<ffffffff812aedf3>] __driver_attach+0xa3/0xb0 [<ffffffff812aed50>] ? __driver_attach+0x0/0xb0 [<ffffffff812adaae>] bus_for_each_dev+0x5e/0x90 [<ffffffff812ae8c9>] driver_attach+0x19/0x20 [<ffffffff812ae438>] bus_add_driver+0x168/0x320 [<ffffffff812af071>] driver_register+0x71/0x140 [<ffffffff811fc4a8>] ? __raw_spin_lock_init+0x38/0x70 [<ffffffffa03ba39c>] usb_register_driver+0xdc/0x190 [usbcore] [<ffffffffa03a2000>] ? ath9k_htc_init+0x0/0x4f [ath9k_htc] [<ffffffffa047499e>] ath9k_hif_usb_init+0x1e/0x20 [ath9k_htc] [<ffffffffa03a202b>] ath9k_htc_init+0x2b/0x4f [ath9k_htc] [<ffffffff8100212f>] do_one_initcall+0x3f/0x180 [<ffffffff8109ef5b>] sys_init_module+0xbb/0x200 [<ffffffff8100bf52>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Code: <etc, who cares> RIP [<ffffffffa016de87>] freq_reg_info_regd.clone.2+0x27/0x130 [cfg80211] RSP <ffff88007045db78> CR2: 0000000000000004 ---[ end trace 79e4193601c8b713 ]--- Reported-by: Sujith Manoharan <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-16nl80211: Add notification for dropped Deauth/DisassocJouni Malinen
Add a new notification to indicate that a received, unprotected Deauthentication or Disassociation frame was dropped due to management frame protection being in use. This notification is needed to allow user space (e.g., wpa_supplicant) to implement SA Query procedure to recover from association state mismatch between an AP and STA. This is needed to avoid getting stuck in non-working state when MFP (IEEE 802.11w) is used and a protected Deauthentication or Disassociation frame is dropped for any reason. After that, the station would silently discard any unprotected Deauthentication or Disassociation frame that could be indicating that the AP does not have association for the STA (when the Reason Code would be 6 or 7). IEEE Std 802.11w-2009, 11.13 describes this recovery mechanism. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-15nl80211: advertise maximum remain-on-channel durationJohannes Berg
With the upcoming hardware offload implementation, some devices will have a different maximum duration for the remain-on-channel command. Advertise the maximum duration in mac80211, and make mac80211 set it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-13cfg80211/nl80211: separate unicast/multicast default TX keysJohannes Berg
Allow userspace to specify that a given key is default only for unicast and/or multicast transmissions. Only WEP keys are for both, WPA/RSN keys set here are GTKs for multicast only. For more future flexibility, allow to specify all combiations. Wireless extensions can only set both so use nl80211; WEP keys (connect keys) must be set as default for both (but 802.1X WEP is still possible). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-13cfg80211: update information elements in cached BSS structSven Neumann
When a cached BSS struct is updated because a new beacon was received, the code replaces the cached information elements by the IEs from the new beacon. However it did not update the pub.information_elements and pub.len_information_elements fields leaving them either pointing to the old beacon IEs or in an inconsistent state where the data is replaced by the new beacon IEs but len_information_elements still has its value from the first beacon. Fix this by updating the information elements fields if they are pointing to beacon IEs. Signed-off-by: Sven Neumann <s.neumann@raumfeld.com> Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-13cfg80211: Add antenna availability informationBruno Randolf
Add a field to wiphy for the hardware to report the availble antennas for configuration. Only if this is set to something bigger than zero, will the anntenna configuration ops be executed. Allthough this could be a simple number of antennas, I defined it as a bitmap of antennas which are available for configuration, since it's more consistent with the rest of the antenna API and there could be cases where the hardware allows only configuration of certain antennas. As it does not make much of a difference in size or normal usage, I think it's better to be able to support this, in case the need arises. The antenna configuration is now also checked against the availabe antennas and rejected if it does not match. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> -- v3: always apply available antenna mask (for "all" antennas case). v2: reject antenna configurations which don't match the available antennas Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-08cfg80211: Add new BSS attribute ht_opmodeHelmut Schaa
Add a new BSS attribute to allow hostapd to set the current HT opmode. Otherwise drivers won't be able to set up protection for HT rates in AP mode. Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-07nl80211/mac80211: Report signal averageBruno Randolf
Extend nl80211 to report an exponential weighted moving average (EWMA) of the signal value. Since the signal value usually fluctuates between different packets, an average can be more useful than the value of the last packet. This uses the recently added generic EWMA library function. -- v2: fix ABI breakage and change factor to be a power of 2. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-06cfg80211/mac80211: add mesh join/leave commandsJohannes Berg
Instead of tying mesh activity to interface up, add join and leave commands for mesh. Since we must be backward compatible, let cfg80211 handle joining a mesh if a mesh ID was pre-configured when the device goes up. Note that this therefore must modify mac80211 as well since mac80211 needs to lose the logic to start the mesh on interface up. We now allow querying mesh parameters before the mesh is connected, which simply returns defaults. Setting them (internally renamed to "update") is only allowed while connected. Specify them with the new mesh join command instead where needed. In mac80211, beaconing must now also follow the mesh enabled/not enabled state, which is done by testing the mesh ID. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-06nl80211: refactor mesh parameter parsingJohannes Berg
I'm going to need this in a new place later. Tested-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-06cfg80211: require add_virtual_intf to return new devJohannes Berg
cfg80211 used to do all its bookkeeping in the notifier, but some new stuff will have to use local variables so make the callback return the netdev pointer. Tested-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-12-06nl80211/mac80211: define and allow configuring mesh element TTLJavier Cardona
The TTL in path selection information elements is different from the mesh ttl used in mesh data frames. Version 7.03 of the 11s draft calls this ttl 'Element TTL'. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-29nl80211/cfg80211: extend mgmt-tx API for off-channelJohannes Berg
With p2p, it is sometimes necessary to transmit a frame (typically an action frame) on another channel than the current channel. Enable this through the CMD_FRAME API, and allow it to wait for a response. A new command allows that wait to be aborted. However, allow userspace to specify whether or not it wants to allow off-channel TX, it may actually want to use the same channel only. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-24cfg80211: allow using CQM event to notify packet lossJohannes Berg
This adds the ability for drivers to use CQM events to notify about packet loss for specific stations (which could be the AP for the managed mode case). Since the threshold might be determined by the driver (it isn't passed in right now) it will be passed out of the driver to userspace in the event. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-24cfg80211/mac80211: improve ad-hoc multicast rate handlingFelix Fietkau
- store the multicast rate as an index instead of the rate value (reduces cpu overhead in a hotpath) - validate the rate values (must match a bitrate in at least one sband) Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-24net/wireless: Use pr_<level> and netdev_<level>Joe Perches
No change in output for pr_<level> prefixes. netdev_<level> output is different, arguably improved. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-24Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6
2010-11-24Revert "nl80211/mac80211: Report signal average"John W. Linville
This reverts commit 86107fd170bc379869250eb7e1bd393a3a70e8ae. This patch inadvertantly changed the userland ABI. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-22cfg80211: Fix regulatory bug with multiple cards and delaysLuis R. Rodriguez
When two cards are connected with the same regulatory domain if CRDA had a delayed response then cfg80211's own set regulatory domain would still be the world regulatory domain. There was a bug on cfg80211's logic such that it assumed that once you pegged a request as the last request it was already the currently set regulatory domain. This would mean we would race setting a stale regulatory domain to secondary cards which had the same regulatory domain since the alpha2 would match. We fix this by processing each regulatory request atomically, and only move on to the next one once we get it fully processed. In the case CRDA is not present we will simply world roam. This issue is only present when you have a slow system and the CRDA processing is delayed. Because of this it is not a known regression. Without this fix when a delay is present with CRDA the second card would end up with an intersected regulatory domain and not allow it to use the channels it really is designed for. When two cards with two different regulatory domains were inserted you'd end up rejecting the second card's regulatory domain request. This fails with mac80211_hswim's regtest=2 (two requests, same alpha2) and regtest=3 (two requests, different alpha2) module parameter options. This was reproduced and tested against mac80211_hwsim using this CRDA delayer: #!/bin/bash echo $COUNTRY >> /tmp/log sleep 2 /sbin/crda.orig And these regulatory tests: modprobe mac80211_hwsim regtest=2 modprobe mac80211_hwsim regtest=3 Reported-by: Mark Mentovai <mark@moxienet.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Tested-by: Mark Mentovai <mark@moxienet.com> Tested-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-22cfg80211: move mutex locking to reg_process_pending_hints()Luis R. Rodriguez
This will be required in the next patch and it makes the next patch easier to review. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Tested-by: Mark Mentovai <mark@moxienet.com> Tested-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-22cfg80211: move reg_work and reg_todo aboveLuis R. Rodriguez
These will be used earlier in the next few patches. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Tested-by: Mark Mentovai <mark@moxienet.com> Tested-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-22cfg80211: put core regulatory request into queueLuis R. Rodriguez
This will simplify the synchronization for pending requests. Without this we have a race between the core and when we restore regulatory settings, although this is unlikely its best to just avoid that race altogether. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Tested-by: Mark Mentovai <mark@moxienet.com> Tested-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-18nl80211/mac80211: Report signal averageBruno Randolf
Extend nl80211 to report an exponential weighted moving average (EWMA) of the signal value. Since the signal value usually fluctuates between different packets, an average can be more useful than the value of the last packet. This uses the recently added generic EWMA library function. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-18cfg80211: fix can_beacon_sec_chan, reenable HT40Mark Mentovai
This follows wireless-testing 9236d838c920e90708570d9bbd7bb82d30a38130 ("cfg80211: fix extension channel checks to initiate communication") and fixes accidental case fall-through. Without this fix, HT40 is entirely blocked. Signed-off-by: Mark Mentovai <mark@moxienet.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-16cfg80211: add support for setting the ad-hoc multicast rateFelix Fietkau
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-16cfg80211: Add nl80211 antenna configurationBruno Randolf
Allow setting of TX and RX antennas configuration via nl80211. The antenna configuration is defined as a bitmap of allowed antennas to use. This API can be used to mask out antennas which are not attached or should not be used for other reasons like regulatory concerns or special setups. Separate bitmaps are used for RX and TX to allow configuring different antennas for receiving and transmitting. Each bitmap is 32 bit long, each bit representing one antenna, starting with antenna 1 at the first bit. If an antenna bit is set, this means the driver is allowed to use this antenna for RX or TX respectively; if the bit is not set the hardware is not allowed to use this antenna. Using bitmaps has the benefit of allowing for a flexible configuration interface which can support many different configurations and which can be used for 802.11n as well as non-802.11n devices. Instead of relying on some hardware specific assumptions, drivers can use this information to know which antennas are actually attached to the system and derive their capabilities based on that. 802.11n devices should enable or disable chains, based on which antennas are present (If all antennas belonging to a particular chain are disabled, the entire chain should be disabled). HT capabilities (like STBC, TX Beamforming, Antenna selection) should be calculated based on the available chains after applying the antenna masks. Should a 802.11n device have diversity antennas attached to one of their chains, diversity can be enabled or disabled based on the antenna information. Non-802.11n drivers can use the antenna masks to select RX and TX antennas and to enable or disable antenna diversity. While covering chainmasks for 802.11n and the standard "legacy" modes "fixed antenna 1", "fixed antenna 2" and "diversity" this API also allows more rare, but useful configurations as follows: 1) Send on antenna 1, receive on antenna 2 (or vice versa). This can be used to have a low gain antenna for TX in order to keep within the regulatory constraints and a high gain antenna for RX in order to receive weaker signals ("speak softly, but listen harder"). This can be useful for building long-shot outdoor links. Another usage of this setup is having a low-noise pre-amplifier on antenna 1 and a power amplifier on the other antenna. This way transmit noise is mostly kept out of the low noise receive channel. (This would be bitmaps: tx 1 rx 2). 2) Another similar setup is: Use RX diversity on both antennas, but always send on antenna 1. Again that would allow us to benefit from a higher gain RX antenna, while staying within the legal limits. (This would be: tx 0 rx 3). 3) And finally there can be special experimental setups in research and development even with pre 802.11n hardware where more than 2 antennas are available. It's good to keep the API simple, yet flexible. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> -- v7: Made bitmasks 32 bit wide and rebased to latest wireless-testing. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-16cfg80211: fix extension channel checks to initiate communicationLuis R. Rodriguez
When operating in a mode that initiates communication and using HT40 we should fail if we cannot use both primary and secondary channels to initiate communication. Our current ht40 allowmap only covers STA mode of operation, for beaconing modes we need a check on the fly as the mode of operation is dynamic and there other flags other than disable which we should read to check if we can initiate communication. Do not allow for initiating communication if our secondary HT40 channel has is either disabled, has a passive scan flag, a no-ibss flag or is a radar channel. Userspace now has similar checks but this is also needed in-kernel. Reported-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-15cfg80211: prefix REG_DBG_PRINT() with cfg80211Luis R. Rodriguez
Everyone's doing it, its the cool thing. Cc: Easwar Krishnan <easwar.krishnan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-15cfg80211: add debug print when processing a channelLuis R. Rodriguez
In the worst case you are seeing really odd things you want more information than what is provided right now, for those that insist and want debug info through CONFIG_CFG80211_REG_DEBUG provide a print of when we are processing a channel and with what regulatory rule. Cc: Easwar Krishnan <easwar.krishnan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-15cfg80211: add debug print when disabling a channel on a custom regdLuis R. Rodriguez
Cc: Easwar Krishnan <easwar.krishnan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-15cfg80211: add debug prints for when we ignore regulatory hintsLuis R. Rodriguez
This can help with debugging issues. You will only see these with CONFIG_CFG80211_REG_DEBUG enabled. Cc: Easwar Krishnan <easwar.krishnan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-15cfg80211: fix disabling channels based on hintsLuis R. Rodriguez
After a module loads you will have loaded the world roaming regulatory domain or a custom regulatory domain. Further regulatory hints are welcomed and should be respected unless the regulatory hint is coming from a country IE as the IEEE spec allows for a country IE to be a subset of what is allowed by the local regulatory agencies. So disable all channels that do not fit a regulatory domain sent from a unless the hint is from a country IE and the country IE had no information about the band we are currently processing. This fixes a few regulatory issues, for example for drivers that depend on CRDA and had no 5 GHz freqencies allowed were not properly disabling 5 GHz at all, furthermore it also allows users to restrict devices further as was intended. If you recieve a country IE upon association we will also disable the channels that are not allowed if the country IE had at least one channel on the respective band we are procesing. This was the original intention behind this design but it was completely overlooked... Cc: David Quan <david.quan@atheros.com> Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> cc: Easwar Krishnan <easwar.krishnan@atheros.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-15cfg80211: fix allowing country IEs for WIPHY_FLAG_STRICT_REGULATORYLuis R. Rodriguez
We should be enabling country IE hints for WIPHY_FLAG_STRICT_REGULATORY even if we haven't yet recieved regulatory domain hint for the driver if it needed one. Without this Country IEs are not passed on to drivers that have set WIPHY_FLAG_STRICT_REGULATORY, today this is just all Atheros chipset drivers: ath5k, ath9k, ar9170, carl9170. This was part of the original design, however it was completely overlooked... Cc: Easwar Krishnan <easwar.krishnan@atheros.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-15cfg80211: pass the reg hint initiator to helpersLuis R. Rodriguez
This is required later. Cc: Easwar Krishnan <easwar.krishnan@atheros.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-11-08cfg80211: fix a crash in dev lookup on dump commandsFelix Fietkau
IS_ERR and PTR_ERR were called with the wrong pointer, leading to a crash when cfg80211_get_dev_from_ifindex fails. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-10-25cfg80211: fix regression on processing country IEsLuis R. Rodriguez
The patch 4f366c5: wireless: only use alpha2 regulatory information from country IE removed some complex intersection we were always doing between the AP's country IE info and what we got from CRDA. When CRDA sent us back a regulatory domain we would do some sanity checks on that regulatory domain response we just got. Part of these sanity checks included checking that we already had performed an intersection for the request of NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_COUNTRY_IE type. This mean that cfg80211 was only processing country IEs for cases where we already had an intersection, but since we removed enforcing this this is no longer required, we should just apply the country IE country hint with the data received from CRDA. This patch has fixes intended for kernels >= 2.6.36. Cc: stable@kernel.org Reported-by: Easwar Krishnan <easwar.krishnan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>