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  1. 07 May, 2010 5 commits
    • Johannes Berg's avatar
      cfg80211/mac80211: better channel handling · f444de05
      Johannes Berg authored 
      Currently (all tested with hwsim) you can do stupid
things like setting up an AP on a certain channel,
then adding another virtual interface and making
that associate on another channel -- this will make
the beaconing to move channel but obviously without
the necessary IEs data update.

In order to improve this situation, first make the
configuration APIs (cfg80211 and nl80211) aware of
multi-channel operation -- we'll eventually need
that in the future anyway. There's one userland API
change and one API addition. The API change is that
now SET_WIPHY must be called with virtual interface
index rather than only wiphy index in order to take
effect for that interface -- luckily all current
users (hostapd) do that. For monitor interfaces, the
old setting is preserved, but monitors are always
slaved to other devices anyway so no guarantees.

The second userland API change is the introduction
of a per virtual interface SET_CHANNEL command, that
hostapd should use going forward to make it easier
to understand what's going on (it can automatically
detect a kernel with this command).

Other than mac80211, no existing cfg80211 drivers
are affected by this change because they only allow
a single virtual interface.

mac80211, however, now needs to be aware that the
channel settings are per interface now, and needs
to disallow (for now) real multi-channel operation,
which is another important part of this patch.

One of the immediate benefits is that you can now
start hostapd to operate on a hardware that already
has a connection on another virtual interface, as
long as you specify the same channel.

Note that two things are left unhandled (this is an
improvement -- not a complete fix):

 * different HT/no-HT modes

   currently you could start an HT AP and then
   connect to a non-HT network on the same channel
   which would configure the hardware for no HT;
   that can be fixed fairly easily

 * CSA

   An AP we're connected to on a virtual interface
   might indicate switching channels, and in that
   case we would follow it, regardless of how many
   other interfaces are operating; this requires
   more effort to fix but is pretty rare after all
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
      f444de05
    • Johannes Berg's avatar
      mac80211: fix BSS info reconfiguration · ac8dd506
      Johannes Berg authored 
      When reconfiguring an interface due to a previous
hardware restart, mac80211 will currently include
the new IBSS flag on non-IBSS interfaces which may
confuse drivers.

Instead of doing the ~0 trick, simply spell out
which things are going to be reconfigured.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
      ac8dd506
    • David Kilroy's avatar
      orinoco: refactor xmit path · bac6fafd
      David Kilroy authored 
      ... so orinoco_usb can share some common functionality.

Handle 802.2 encapsulation and MIC calculation in that function.
The 802.3 header is prepended to the SKB. The calculated MIC is written
to a specified buffer. Also modify the transmit control word that will
be passed onto the hardware to specify whether the MIC is present, and
the key used.
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Kilroy <kilroyd@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
      bac6fafd
    • Felix Fietkau's avatar
      ath9k: fix another source of corrupt frames · 3ef83d74
      Felix Fietkau authored 
      Atheros hardware supports receiving frames that span multiple
descriptors and buffers. In this case, the rx status of every
descriptor except for the last one is invalid and may contain random
data. Because the driver does not support this, it needs to drop such
frames.
Signed-off-by: default avatarFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
      3ef83d74
    • Christian Lamparter's avatar
      ar9170usb: remove deprecated aggregation code · f3926b49
      Christian Lamparter authored 
      This patch removes the incomplete AMPDU implementation in ar9170usb.

The code in question is:
 * too big and complex (more than 550 SLOC.)
   This is enough to qualify for a new separate code file!

 * unbalanced quantity & quality
	over-engineered areas like:
		* xmit scheduling and queuing frames for multiple HT peers
		* redundant frame sorting
	are confronted by gaping holes:
		* accurate transmission feedback
		* firmware error-handling and device reset
		* HT rate control algorithm

 * error-prone
	Since its inclusion, hardly anything was done to fix
	any of the outlined flaws from the initial commit message.

   => This also indicates poor maintainability.

 * relies heavily on several spinlocks.

As a result of this shortcomings, the code is slow and does not
even support the most basic 11n requirement: HT station mode.

Therefore, I request to purge my heap of **** from the kernel:
"ar9170: implement transmit aggregation".

The next item on the agenda is: (re-)start from scratch with
an adequate design to accommodate the special requirements
and features of the available frameworks and tools.
Signed-off-by: default avatarChristian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
      f3926b49
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