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-<!DOCTYPE set PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []>
-<set>
- <setinfo>
- <title>The 802.11 subsystems &ndash; for kernel developers</title>
- <subtitle>
- Explaining wireless 802.11 networking in the Linux kernel
- </subtitle>
-
- <copyright>
- <year>2007-2009</year>
- <holder>Johannes Berg</holder>
- </copyright>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <firstname>Johannes</firstname>
- <surname>Berg</surname>
- <affiliation>
- <address><email>johannes@sipsolutions.net</email></address>
- </affiliation>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
-
- <legalnotice>
- <para>
- This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
- it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
- License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- </para>
- <para>
- This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be
- useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
- warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- </para>
- <para>
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
- License along with this documentation; if not, write to the Free
- Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
- MA 02111-1307 USA
- </para>
- <para>
- For more details see the file COPYING in the source
- distribution of Linux.
- </para>
- </legalnotice>
-
- <abstract>
- <para>
- These books attempt to give a description of the
- various subsystems that play a role in 802.11 wireless
- networking in Linux. Since these books are for kernel
- developers they attempts to document the structures
- and functions used in the kernel as well as giving a
- higher-level overview.
- </para>
- <para>
- The reader is expected to be familiar with the 802.11
- standard as published by the IEEE in 802.11-2007 (or
- possibly later versions). References to this standard
- will be given as "802.11-2007 8.1.5".
- </para>
- </abstract>
- </setinfo>
- <book id="cfg80211-developers-guide">
- <bookinfo>
- <title>The cfg80211 subsystem</title>
-
- <abstract>
-!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Introduction
- </abstract>
- </bookinfo>
- <chapter>
- <title>Device registration</title>
-!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Device registration
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_channel_flags
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_channel
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_rate_flags
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_rate
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_sta_ht_cap
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_supported_band
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_signal_type
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_params_flags
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_flags
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wireless_dev
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_new
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_register
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_unregister
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_free
-
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_name
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_dev
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_priv
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h priv_to_wiphy
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h set_wiphy_dev
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wdev_priv
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_iface_limit
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_iface_combination
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_check_combinations
- </chapter>
- <chapter>
- <title>Actions and configuration</title>
-!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Actions and configuration
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_ops
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h vif_params
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h key_params
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h survey_info_flags
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h survey_info
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_beacon_data
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_ap_settings
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h station_parameters
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h rate_info_flags
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h rate_info
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h station_info
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h monitor_flags
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h mpath_info_flags
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h mpath_info
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h bss_parameters
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_txq_params
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_crypto_settings
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_auth_request
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_assoc_request
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_deauth_request
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_disassoc_request
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_ibss_params
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_connect_params
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_pmksa
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_auth_timeout
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_rx_assoc_resp
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_assoc_timeout
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_ibss_joined
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_connect_result
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_connect_bss
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_connect_timeout
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_roamed
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_disconnected
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_ready_on_channel
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_remain_on_channel_expired
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_new_sta
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_rx_mgmt
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_mgmt_tx_status
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_cqm_rssi_notify
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_cqm_pktloss_notify
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_michael_mic_failure
- </chapter>
- <chapter>
- <title>Scanning and BSS list handling</title>
-!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Scanning and BSS list handling
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_ssid
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_scan_request
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_scan_done
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_bss
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_inform_bss
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_inform_bss_data
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_unlink_bss
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_find_ie
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_bss_get_ie
- </chapter>
- <chapter>
- <title>Utility functions</title>
-!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Utility functions
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_channel_to_frequency
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_frequency_to_channel
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_get_channel
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_get_response_rate
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_hdrlen
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_radiotap_iterator
- </chapter>
- <chapter>
- <title>Data path helpers</title>
-!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Data path helpers
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_data_to_8023
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_data_from_8023
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_amsdu_to_8023s
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_classify8021d
- </chapter>
- <chapter>
- <title>Regulatory enforcement infrastructure</title>
-!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Regulatory enforcement infrastructure
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h regulatory_hint
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h freq_reg_info
- </chapter>
- <chapter>
- <title>RFkill integration</title>
-!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h RFkill integration
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_rfkill_set_hw_state
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_rfkill_start_polling
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_rfkill_stop_polling
- </chapter>
- <chapter>
- <title>Test mode</title>
-!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Test mode
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_testmode_alloc_reply_skb
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_testmode_reply
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_testmode_alloc_event_skb
-!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_testmode_event
- </chapter>
- </book>
- <book id="mac80211-developers-guide">
- <bookinfo>
- <title>The mac80211 subsystem</title>
- <abstract>
-!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Introduction
-!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Warning
- </abstract>
- </bookinfo>
-
- <toc></toc>
-
- <!--
- Generally, this document shall be ordered by increasing complexity.
- It is important to note that readers should be able to read only
- the first few sections to get a working driver and only advanced
- usage should require reading the full document.
- -->
-
- <part>
- <title>The basic mac80211 driver interface</title>
- <partintro>
- <para>
- You should read and understand the information contained
- within this part of the book while implementing a driver.
- In some chapters, advanced usage is noted, that may be
- skipped at first.
- </para>
- <para>
- This part of the book only covers station and monitor mode
- functionality, additional information required to implement
- the other modes is covered in the second part of the book.
- </para>
- </partintro>
-
- <chapter id="basics">
- <title>Basic hardware handling</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
- <para>
- This chapter shall contain information on getting a hw
- struct allocated and registered with mac80211.
- </para>
- <para>
- Since it is required to allocate rates/modes before registering
- a hw struct, this chapter shall also contain information on setting
- up the rate/mode structs.
- </para>
- <para>
- Additionally, some discussion about the callbacks and
- the general programming model should be in here, including
- the definition of ieee80211_ops which will be referred to
- a lot.
- </para>
- <para>
- Finally, a discussion of hardware capabilities should be done
- with references to other parts of the book.
- </para>
- <!-- intentionally multiple !F lines to get proper order -->
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_hw
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_hw_flags
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h SET_IEEE80211_DEV
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ops
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_alloc_hw
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_register_hw
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_unregister_hw
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_free_hw
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="phy-handling">
- <title>PHY configuration</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
- <para>
- This chapter should describe PHY handling including
- start/stop callbacks and the various structures used.
- </para>
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_conf
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_conf_flags
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="iface-handling">
- <title>Virtual interfaces</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
- <para>
- This chapter should describe virtual interface basics
- that are relevant to the driver (VLANs, MGMT etc are not.)
- It should explain the use of the add_iface/remove_iface
- callbacks as well as the interface configuration callbacks.
- </para>
- <para>Things related to AP mode should be discussed there.</para>
- <para>
- Things related to supporting multiple interfaces should be
- in the appropriate chapter, a BIG FAT note should be here about
- this though and the recommendation to allow only a single
- interface in STA mode at first!
- </para>
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_vif
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="rx-tx">
- <title>Receive and transmit processing</title>
- <sect1>
- <title>what should be here</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
- <para>
- This should describe the receive and transmit
- paths in mac80211/the drivers as well as
- transmit status handling.
- </para>
- </sect1>
- <sect1>
- <title>Frame format</title>
-!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Frame format
- </sect1>
- <sect1>
- <title>Packet alignment</title>
-!Pnet/mac80211/rx.c Packet alignment
- </sect1>
- <sect1>
- <title>Calling into mac80211 from interrupts</title>
-!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Calling mac80211 from interrupts
- </sect1>
- <sect1>
- <title>functions/definitions</title>
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx_status
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h mac80211_rx_flags
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h mac80211_tx_info_flags
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h mac80211_tx_control_flags
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h mac80211_rate_control_flags
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_rate
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_info
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx_ni
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx_irqsafe
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_status
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_status_ni
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rts_get
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rts_duration
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ctstoself_get
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ctstoself_duration
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_generic_frame_duration
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_wake_queue
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_queue
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_wake_queues
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_queues
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_queue_stopped
- </sect1>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="filters">
- <title>Frame filtering</title>
-!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Frame filtering
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_filter_flags
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="workqueue">
- <title>The mac80211 workqueue</title>
-!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h mac80211 workqueue
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_queue_work
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_queue_delayed_work
- </chapter>
- </part>
-
- <part id="advanced">
- <title>Advanced driver interface</title>
- <partintro>
- <para>
- Information contained within this part of the book is
- of interest only for advanced interaction of mac80211
- with drivers to exploit more hardware capabilities and
- improve performance.
- </para>
- </partintro>
-
- <chapter id="led-support">
- <title>LED support</title>
- <para>
- Mac80211 supports various ways of blinking LEDs. Wherever possible,
- device LEDs should be exposed as LED class devices and hooked up to
- the appropriate trigger, which will then be triggered appropriately
- by mac80211.
- </para>
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tx_led_name
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_rx_led_name
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_radio_led_name
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tpt_blink
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tpt_led_trigger_flags
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_create_tpt_led_trigger
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="hardware-crypto-offload">
- <title>Hardware crypto acceleration</title>
-!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Hardware crypto acceleration
- <!-- intentionally multiple !F lines to get proper order -->
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h set_key_cmd
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_conf
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_flags
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k_iv
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tkip_p2k
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="powersave">
- <title>Powersave support</title>
-!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Powersave support
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="beacon-filter">
- <title>Beacon filter support</title>
-!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Beacon filter support
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_beacon_loss
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="qos">
- <title>Multiple queues and QoS support</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_queue_params
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="AP">
- <title>Access point mode support</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
- <para>Some parts of the if_conf should be discussed here instead</para>
- <para>
- Insert notes about VLAN interfaces with hw crypto here or
- in the hw crypto chapter.
- </para>
- <section id="ps-client">
- <title>support for powersaving clients</title>
-!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h AP support for powersaving clients
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_buffered_bc
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_beacon_get
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_sta_eosp
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_frame_release_type
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_sta_ps_transition
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_sta_ps_transition_ni
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_sta_set_buffered
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_sta_block_awake
- </section>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="multi-iface">
- <title>Supporting multiple virtual interfaces</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
- <para>
- Note: WDS with identical MAC address should almost always be OK
- </para>
- <para>
- Insert notes about having multiple virtual interfaces with
- different MAC addresses here, note which configurations are
- supported by mac80211, add notes about supporting hw crypto
- with it.
- </para>
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="station-handling">
- <title>Station handling</title>
- <para>TODO</para>
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_sta
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h sta_notify_cmd
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_find_sta
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="hardware-scan-offload">
- <title>Hardware scan offload</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_scan_completed
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="aggregation">
- <title>Aggregation</title>
- <sect1>
- <title>TX A-MPDU aggregation</title>
-!Pnet/mac80211/agg-tx.c TX A-MPDU aggregation
-!Cnet/mac80211/agg-tx.c
- </sect1>
- <sect1>
- <title>RX A-MPDU aggregation</title>
-!Pnet/mac80211/agg-rx.c RX A-MPDU aggregation
-!Cnet/mac80211/agg-rx.c
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action
- </sect1>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="smps">
- <title>Spatial Multiplexing Powersave (SMPS)</title>
-!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Spatial multiplexing power save
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_request_smps
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_smps_mode
- </chapter>
- </part>
-
- <part id="rate-control">
- <title>Rate control interface</title>
- <partintro>
- <para>TBD</para>
- <para>
- This part of the book describes the rate control algorithm
- interface and how it relates to mac80211 and drivers.
- </para>
- </partintro>
- <chapter id="ratecontrol-api">
- <title>Rate Control API</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rate_control_changed
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_rate_control
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h rate_control_send_low
- </chapter>
- </part>
-
- <part id="internal">
- <title>Internals</title>
- <partintro>
- <para>TBD</para>
- <para>
- This part of the book describes mac80211 internals.
- </para>
- </partintro>
-
- <chapter id="key-handling">
- <title>Key handling</title>
- <sect1>
- <title>Key handling basics</title>
-!Pnet/mac80211/key.c Key handling basics
- </sect1>
- <sect1>
- <title>MORE TBD</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
- </sect1>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="rx-processing">
- <title>Receive processing</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="tx-processing">
- <title>Transmit processing</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="sta-info">
- <title>Station info handling</title>
- <sect1>
- <title>Programming information</title>
-!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h sta_info
-!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h ieee80211_sta_info_flags
- </sect1>
- <sect1>
- <title>STA information lifetime rules</title>
-!Pnet/mac80211/sta_info.c STA information lifetime rules
- </sect1>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="aggregation-internals">
- <title>Aggregation</title>
-!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h sta_ampdu_mlme
-!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h tid_ampdu_tx
-!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h tid_ampdu_rx
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="synchronisation">
- <title>Synchronisation</title>
- <para>TBD</para>
- <para>Locking, lots of RCU</para>
- </chapter>
- </part>
- </book>
-</set>