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| author | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2010-07-29 16:08:55 +0200 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-07-29 12:55:00 -0400 |
| commit | e5b900d228b76d445a4240d9aeb3cd8f79205a91 (patch) | |
| tree | dffa32e827e2d6e5388430ae5ec732f0ca023b11 /include/net | |
| parent | d28232b461b8d54b09e59325dbac8b0913ce2049 (diff) | |
| download | linux-e5b900d228b76d445a4240d9aeb3cd8f79205a91.tar.bz2 | |
mac80211: allow drivers to request DTIM period
Some features require knowing the DTIM period
before associating. This implements the ability
to wait for a beacon in mac80211 before assoc
to provide this value. It is optional since
most likely not all drivers will need this.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index c7027ef51c75..f85fc8a140dc 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ enum ieee80211_bss_change { * if the hardware cannot handle this it must set the * IEEE80211_HW_2GHZ_SHORT_SLOT_INCAPABLE hardware flag * @dtim_period: num of beacons before the next DTIM, for beaconing, - * not valid in station mode (cf. hw conf ps_dtim_period) + * valid in station mode only while @assoc is true and if also + * requested by %IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_PERIOD (cf. also hw conf + * @ps_dtim_period) * @timestamp: beacon timestamp * @beacon_int: beacon interval * @assoc_capability: capabilities taken from assoc resp @@ -1027,6 +1029,9 @@ enum ieee80211_tkip_key_type { * connection quality related parameters, such as the RSSI level and * provide notifications if configured trigger levels are reached. * + * @IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_PERIOD: + * This device needs to know the DTIM period for the BSS before + * associating. */ enum ieee80211_hw_flags { IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL = 1<<0, @@ -1036,7 +1041,7 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags { IEEE80211_HW_2GHZ_SHORT_PREAMBLE_INCAPABLE = 1<<4, IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_UNSPEC = 1<<5, IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM = 1<<6, - /* use this hole */ + IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_PERIOD = 1<<7, IEEE80211_HW_SPECTRUM_MGMT = 1<<8, IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION = 1<<9, IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS = 1<<10, |