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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2016-10-30 17:42:58 +0100 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2016-10-30 17:42:58 +0100 |
commit | 27058af401e49d88a905df000dd26f443fcfa8ce (patch) | |
tree | 819f32113d3b8374b9fbf72e2202d4c4d4511a60 /Documentation/80211/mac80211-advanced.rst | |
parent | firewire: net: really fix maximum possible MTU (diff) | |
parent | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net (diff) | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Mostly simple overlapping changes.
For example, David Ahern's adjacency list revamp in 'net-next'
conflicted with an adjacency list traversal bug fix in 'net'.
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/80211/mac80211-advanced.rst b/Documentation/80211/mac80211-advanced.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..70a89b2163c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/80211/mac80211-advanced.rst @@ -0,0 +1,295 @@ +============================= +mac80211 subsystem (advanced) +============================= + +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. + +LED support +=========== + +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. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_get_tx_led_name + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_get_rx_led_name + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_get_radio_led_name + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_tpt_blink + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_tpt_led_trigger_flags + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_create_tpt_led_trigger + +Hardware crypto acceleration +============================ + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :doc: Hardware crypto acceleration + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: set_key_cmd + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_key_conf + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_key_flags + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k_iv + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_get_tkip_p2k + +Powersave support +================= + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :doc: Powersave support + +Beacon filter support +===================== + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :doc: Beacon filter support + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_beacon_loss + +Multiple queues and QoS support +=============================== + +TBD + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_tx_queue_params + +Access point mode support +========================= + +TBD + +Some parts of the if_conf should be discussed here instead + +Insert notes about VLAN interfaces with hw crypto here or in the hw +crypto chapter. + +support for powersaving clients +------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :doc: AP support for powersaving clients + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_get_buffered_bc + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_beacon_get + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_sta_eosp + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_frame_release_type + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_sta_ps_transition + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_sta_ps_transition_ni + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_sta_set_buffered + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_sta_block_awake + +Supporting multiple virtual interfaces +====================================== + +TBD + +Note: WDS with identical MAC address should almost always be OK + +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. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic + +Station handling +================ + +TODO + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_sta + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: sta_notify_cmd + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_find_sta + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr + +Hardware scan offload +===================== + +TBD + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_scan_completed + +Aggregation +=========== + +TX A-MPDU aggregation +--------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/agg-tx.c + :doc: TX A-MPDU aggregation + +.. WARNING: DOCPROC directive not supported: !Cnet/mac80211/agg-tx.c + +RX A-MPDU aggregation +--------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/agg-rx.c + :doc: RX A-MPDU aggregation + +.. WARNING: DOCPROC directive not supported: !Cnet/mac80211/agg-rx.c + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action + +Spatial Multiplexing Powersave (SMPS) +===================================== + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :doc: Spatial multiplexing power save + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_request_smps + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_smps_mode + +TBD + +This part of the book describes the rate control algorithm interface and +how it relates to mac80211 and drivers. + +Rate Control API +================ + +TBD + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_rate_control_changed + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: ieee80211_tx_rate_control + +.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h + :functions: rate_control_send_low + +TBD + +This part of the book describes mac80211 internals. + +Key handling +============ + +Key handling basics +------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/key.c + :doc: Key handling basics + +MORE TBD +-------- + +TBD + +Receive processing +================== + +TBD + +Transmit processing +=================== + +TBD + +Station info handling +===================== + +Programming information +----------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.h + :functions: sta_info + +.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.h + :functions: ieee80211_sta_info_flags + +STA information lifetime rules +------------------------------ + +.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.c + :doc: STA information lifetime rules + +Aggregation +=========== + +.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.h + :functions: sta_ampdu_mlme + +.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.h + :functions: tid_ampdu_tx + +.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.h + :functions: tid_ampdu_rx + +Synchronisation +=============== + +TBD + +Locking, lots of RCU |