2018-05-16 11:33:10

by Kalle Valo

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Subject: Re: [v2] rsi: add support for hardware scan offload

Sushant Kumar Mishra <[email protected]> writes:

> From: Prameela Rani Garnepudi <[email protected]>
>
> With the current approach of scanning, roaming delays are observed.
> Firmware has support for back ground scanning. To get this advantage,
> mac80211 hardware scan is implemented, which decides type of scan to
> do based on connected state.
>
> When station is in not connected state, this returns operation not
> supported(-EPERM) to trigger software scan in mac80211. In case of
> connected state background scan will be triggered.
>
> Signed-off-by: Prameela Rani Garnepudi <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Siva Rebbagondla <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Sushant Kumar Mishra <[email protected]>

This patch looks much better, thanks. But the subject should be:

[PATCH v2 2/2] rsi: add support for hardware scan offload

> +static int rsi_prepare_probe_request(struct rsi_common *common,
> + struct cfg80211_scan_request *scan_req,
> + u8 n_ssid, u8 channel, u8 *pbreq,
> + u16 *pbreq_len, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
> +{
> + struct cfg80211_ssid *ssid_info;
> + struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = NULL;
> + u8 *pos;
> +
> + if (common->priv->sc_nvifs <= 0)
> + return -ENODEV;
> + if (!scan_req)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + if (!scan_req->ssids)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + ssid_info = &scan_req->ssids[n_ssid];
> + hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)pbreq;
> + hdr->frame_control = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT |
> + IEEE80211_STYPE_PROBE_REQ);
> + hdr->duration_id = 0x0;
> + memset(hdr->addr1, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
> + memset(hdr->addr3, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
> + ether_addr_copy(hdr->addr2, vif->addr);
> + hdr->seq_ctrl = 0x00;
> + pos = (u8 *)hdr + MIN_802_11_HDR_LEN;
> +
> + *pos++ = WLAN_EID_SSID;
> + *pos++ = ssid_info->ssid_len;
> + if (ssid_info->ssid_len)
> + memcpy(pos, ssid_info->ssid, ssid_info->ssid_len);
> + pos += ssid_info->ssid_len;
> +
> + if (scan_req->ie_len)
> + memcpy(pos, scan_req->ie, scan_req->ie_len);
> + pos += scan_req->ie_len;
> + *pbreq_len = pos - pbreq;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}

But can't you use ieee80211_probereq_get()?

--
Kalle Valo


2018-05-16 12:24:44

by Sushant Kumar Mishra

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Subject: Re: [v2] rsi: add support for hardware scan offload

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 5:03 PM, Kalle Valo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sushant Kumar Mishra <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> From: Prameela Rani Garnepudi <[email protected]>
>>
>> With the current approach of scanning, roaming delays are observed.
>> Firmware has support for back ground scanning. To get this advantage,
>> mac80211 hardware scan is implemented, which decides type of scan to
>> do based on connected state.
>>
>> When station is in not connected state, this returns operation not
>> supported(-EPERM) to trigger software scan in mac80211. In case of
>> connected state background scan will be triggered.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Prameela Rani Garnepudi <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Siva Rebbagondla <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Sushant Kumar Mishra <[email protected]>
>
> This patch looks much better, thanks. But the subject should be:
>
> [PATCH v2 2/2] rsi: add support for hardware scan offload
>
>> +static int rsi_prepare_probe_request(struct rsi_common *common,
>> + struct cfg80211_scan_request *scan_req,
>> + u8 n_ssid, u8 channel, u8 *pbreq,
>> + u16 *pbreq_len, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
>> +{
>> + struct cfg80211_ssid *ssid_info;
>> + struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = NULL;
>> + u8 *pos;
>> +
>> + if (common->priv->sc_nvifs <= 0)
>> + return -ENODEV;
>> + if (!scan_req)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + if (!scan_req->ssids)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + ssid_info = &scan_req->ssids[n_ssid];
>> + hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)pbreq;
>> + hdr->frame_control = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT |
>> + IEEE80211_STYPE_PROBE_REQ);
>> + hdr->duration_id = 0x0;
>> + memset(hdr->addr1, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
>> + memset(hdr->addr3, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
>> + ether_addr_copy(hdr->addr2, vif->addr);
>> + hdr->seq_ctrl = 0x00;
>> + pos = (u8 *)hdr + MIN_802_11_HDR_LEN;
>> +
>> + *pos++ = WLAN_EID_SSID;
>> + *pos++ = ssid_info->ssid_len;
>> + if (ssid_info->ssid_len)
>> + memcpy(pos, ssid_info->ssid, ssid_info->ssid_len);
>> + pos += ssid_info->ssid_len;
>> +
>> + if (scan_req->ie_len)
>> + memcpy(pos, scan_req->ie, scan_req->ie_len);
>> + pos += scan_req->ie_len;
>> + *pbreq_len = pos - pbreq;
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>
> But can't you use ieee80211_probereq_get()?

Thanks for the input. We ll address this in updated version.
Regards,
Sushant