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-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h5
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/ieee80211.c3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 5fcc4c104340..f13c378fde91 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -706,11 +706,16 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
*
* @queues: number of available hardware transmit queues for
* data packets. WMM/QoS requires at least four.
+ *
+ * @rate_control_algorithm: rate control algorithm for this hardware.
+ * If unset (NULL), the default algorithm will be used. Must be
+ * set before calling ieee80211_register_hw().
*/
struct ieee80211_hw {
struct ieee80211_conf conf;
struct wiphy *wiphy;
struct workqueue_struct *workqueue;
+ const char *rate_control_algorithm;
void *priv;
u32 flags;
unsigned int extra_tx_headroom;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
index 52ba6ef90685..e0ee65a969bc 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
@@ -1072,7 +1072,8 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
ieee80211_debugfs_add_netdev(IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(local->mdev));
ieee80211_if_set_type(local->mdev, IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP);
- result = ieee80211_init_rate_ctrl_alg(local, NULL);
+ result = ieee80211_init_rate_ctrl_alg(local,
+ hw->rate_control_algorithm);
if (result < 0) {
printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Failed to initialize rate control "
"algorithm\n", wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy));