Return-path: Received: from parez.praha12.net ([78.102.11.253]:35439 "EHLO parez.praha12.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933958AbZLFRWs (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:22:48 -0500 From: =?utf-8?q?Luk=C3=A1=C5=A1_Turek?= <8an@praha12.net> Reply-To: 8an@praha12.net To: linville@tuxdriver.com Subject: [PATCH 1/4] nl80211: Add new WIPHY attribute COVERAGE_CLASS Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 18:22:54 +0100 Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg , ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org References: <200912061820.26320.8an@praha12.net> In-Reply-To: <200912061820.26320.8an@praha12.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Message-Id: <200912061822.54088.8an@praha12.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The new attribute NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS sets IEEE 802.11 Coverage Class, which depends on maximum distance of nodes in a wireless network. It's required for long distance links (more than a few hundred meters). Signed-off-by: Lukas Turek <8an@praha12.net> --- include/linux/nl80211.h | 4 ++++ include/net/cfg80211.h | 2 ++ net/wireless/core.c | 1 + net/wireless/nl80211.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index da8ea2e..e241ed1 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RTS_THRESHOLD: RTS threshold (TX frames with length * larger than or equal to this use RTS/CTS handshake); allowed range: * 0..65536, disable with (u32)-1; dot11RTSThreshold; u32 + * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS: Coverage Class as defined by IEEE 802.11 + * section 7.3.2.9; dot11CoverageClass; u8 * * @NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX: network interface index of the device to operate on * @NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME: network interface name @@ -743,6 +745,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_PMKID, NL80211_ATTR_MAX_NUM_PMKIDS, + NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index 0884b9a..fe50c71 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ enum wiphy_params_flags { WIPHY_PARAM_RETRY_LONG = 1 << 1, WIPHY_PARAM_FRAG_THRESHOLD = 1 << 2, WIPHY_PARAM_RTS_THRESHOLD = 1 << 3, + WIPHY_PARAM_COVERAGE_CLASS = 1 << 4, }; /** @@ -1217,6 +1218,7 @@ struct wiphy { u8 retry_long; u32 frag_threshold; u32 rts_threshold; + u8 coverage_class; char fw_version[ETHTOOL_BUSINFO_LEN]; u32 hw_version; diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c index c674567..14e14ce 100644 --- a/net/wireless/core.c +++ b/net/wireless/core.c @@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ struct wiphy *wiphy_new(const struct cfg80211_ops *ops, int sizeof_priv) rdev->wiphy.retry_long = 4; rdev->wiphy.frag_threshold = (u32) -1; rdev->wiphy.rts_threshold = (u32) -1; + rdev->wiphy.coverage_class = 0; return &rdev->wiphy; } diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index a602843..7835846 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] __read_mostly = { [NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_LONG] = { .type = NLA_U8 }, [NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FRAG_THRESHOLD] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, [NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RTS_THRESHOLD] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, + [NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS] = { .type = NLA_U8 }, [NL80211_ATTR_IFTYPE] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, [NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, @@ -442,6 +443,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq, int flags, dev->wiphy.frag_threshold); NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RTS_THRESHOLD, dev->wiphy.rts_threshold); + NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS, + dev->wiphy.coverage_class); NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAX_NUM_SCAN_SSIDS, dev->wiphy.max_scan_ssids); @@ -681,6 +684,7 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) u32 changed; u8 retry_short = 0, retry_long = 0; u32 frag_threshold = 0, rts_threshold = 0; + u8 coverage_class = 0; rtnl_lock(); @@ -803,9 +807,16 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) changed |= WIPHY_PARAM_RTS_THRESHOLD; } + if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS]) { + coverage_class = nla_get_u8( + info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS]); + changed |= WIPHY_PARAM_COVERAGE_CLASS; + } + if (changed) { u8 old_retry_short, old_retry_long; u32 old_frag_threshold, old_rts_threshold; + u8 old_coverage_class; if (!rdev->ops->set_wiphy_params) { result = -EOPNOTSUPP; @@ -816,6 +827,7 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) old_retry_long = rdev->wiphy.retry_long; old_frag_threshold = rdev->wiphy.frag_threshold; old_rts_threshold = rdev->wiphy.rts_threshold; + old_coverage_class = rdev->wiphy.coverage_class; if (changed & WIPHY_PARAM_RETRY_SHORT) rdev->wiphy.retry_short = retry_short; @@ -825,6 +837,8 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) rdev->wiphy.frag_threshold = frag_threshold; if (changed & WIPHY_PARAM_RTS_THRESHOLD) rdev->wiphy.rts_threshold = rts_threshold; + if (changed & WIPHY_PARAM_COVERAGE_CLASS) + rdev->wiphy.coverage_class = coverage_class; result = rdev->ops->set_wiphy_params(&rdev->wiphy, changed); if (result) { @@ -832,6 +846,7 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) rdev->wiphy.retry_long = old_retry_long; rdev->wiphy.frag_threshold = old_frag_threshold; rdev->wiphy.rts_threshold = old_rts_threshold; + rdev->wiphy.coverage_class = old_coverage_class; } } -- 1.6.4.4