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| author | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2012-03-30 08:43:32 +0200 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2012-04-10 14:54:08 -0400 |
| commit | 8f727ef3c4859f2c397a7609beb845dcd66729f5 (patch) | |
| tree | 9843df4721d5510c464f7ea4e1f4da940b247c80 /include | |
| parent | 7213cf2cb0dfbb4d6b55a1da000d34338f76c0e3 (diff) | |
| download | linux-8f727ef3c4859f2c397a7609beb845dcd66729f5.tar.bz2 | |
mac80211: notify driver of rate control updates
Devices that have internal rate control need to be
notified when the bandwidth or SMPS state changes
just like external rate control algorithms get a
notification now.
Add this notification and clarify the change bits
while at it, the HT_CHANGED bit really meant only
bandwidth changed.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 37 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 21c653415d84..dc0d3e715759 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -1780,6 +1780,18 @@ enum ieee80211_frame_release_type { }; /** + * enum ieee80211_rate_control_changed - flags to indicate what changed + * + * @IEEE80211_RC_BW_CHANGED: The bandwidth that can be used to transmit + * to this station changed. + * @IEEE80211_RC_SMPS_CHANGED: The SMPS state of the station changed. + */ +enum ieee80211_rate_control_changed { + IEEE80211_RC_BW_CHANGED = BIT(0), + IEEE80211_RC_SMPS_CHANGED = BIT(1), +}; + +/** * struct ieee80211_ops - callbacks from mac80211 to the driver * * This structure contains various callbacks that the driver may @@ -1980,6 +1992,14 @@ enum ieee80211_frame_release_type { * up the list of states. * The callback can sleep. * + * @sta_rc_update: Notifies the driver of changes to the bitrates that can be + * used to transmit to the station. The changes are advertised with bits + * from &enum ieee80211_rate_control_changed and the values are reflected + * in the station data. This callback should only be used when the driver + * uses hardware rate control (%IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL) since + * otherwise the rate control algorithm is notified directly. + * Must be atomic. + * * @conf_tx: Configure TX queue parameters (EDCF (aifs, cw_min, cw_max), * bursting) for a hardware TX queue. * Returns a negative error code on failure. @@ -2196,6 +2216,10 @@ struct ieee80211_ops { struct ieee80211_sta *sta, enum ieee80211_sta_state old_state, enum ieee80211_sta_state new_state); + void (*sta_rc_update)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, + struct ieee80211_vif *vif, + struct ieee80211_sta *sta, + u32 changed); int (*conf_tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u16 queue, const struct ieee80211_tx_queue_params *params); @@ -3512,19 +3536,6 @@ void ieee80211_send_bar(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u8 *ra, u16 tid, u16 ssn); /* Rate control API */ /** - * enum rate_control_changed - flags to indicate which parameter changed - * - * @IEEE80211_RC_HT_CHANGED: The HT parameters of the operating channel have - * changed, rate control algorithm can update its internal state if needed. - * @IEEE80211_RC_SMPS_CHANGED: The SMPS state of the station changed, the rate - * control algorithm needs to adjust accordingly. - */ -enum rate_control_changed { - IEEE80211_RC_HT_CHANGED = BIT(0), - IEEE80211_RC_SMPS_CHANGED = BIT(1), -}; - -/** * struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control - rate control information for/from RC algo * * @hw: The hardware the algorithm is invoked for. |