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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2007-10-28 14:51:05 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-11-11 06:59:54 +0100
commit830f903866a1611e9ce53f3e35202302bb938946 (patch)
treec1e6d73661aedd19bb3ef356fa14685389bfb082 /include
parentmac80211: don't allow registering the same rate control twice (diff)
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mac80211: allow driver to ask for a rate control algorithm
This allows a driver to ask for a specific rate control algorithm. The rate control algorithm asked for must be registered and be available as a module or built-in. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 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;