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| author | Teemu Paasikivi <ext-teemu.3.paasikivi@nokia.com> | 2010-06-14 11:55:31 +0200 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-06-14 21:39:34 +0200 |
| commit | fbd2c8dcbc69616d2e15b8a269a86b3a05d45aea (patch) | |
| tree | 4ae08bd02d5e0d317828300f3255824df732e4b3 /net/wireless | |
| parent | ath9k_hw: remove ATH9K_CAP_DS (diff) | |
| download | linux-fbd2c8dcbc69616d2e15b8a269a86b3a05d45aea.tar.xz linux-fbd2c8dcbc69616d2e15b8a269a86b3a05d45aea.zip | |
mac80211: Set basic rates while joining ibss network
This patch adds support to nl80211 and mac80211 to set basic rates when
joining/creating ibss network.
Original patch was posted by Johannes Berg on the linux-wireless posting list.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Teemu Paasikivi <ext-teemu.3.paasikivi@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/nl80211.c | 49 |
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index c65e67e9231c..41529aca794c 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -3955,6 +3955,55 @@ static int nl80211_join_ibss(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) } } + if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES]) { + u8 *rates = + nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES]); + int n_rates = + nla_len(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES]); + struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband = + wiphy->bands[ibss.channel->band]; + int i, j; + + if (n_rates == 0) { + err = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } + + for (i = 0; i < n_rates; i++) { + int rate = (rates[i] & 0x7f) * 5; + bool found = false; + + for (j = 0; j < sband->n_bitrates; j++) { + if (sband->bitrates[j].bitrate == rate) { + found = true; + ibss.basic_rates |= BIT(j); + break; + } + } + if (!found) { + err = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } + } + } else { + /* + * If no rates were explicitly configured, + * use the mandatory rate set for 11b or + * 11a for maximum compatibility. + */ + struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband = + wiphy->bands[ibss.channel->band]; + int j; + u32 flag = ibss.channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ ? + IEEE80211_RATE_MANDATORY_A : + IEEE80211_RATE_MANDATORY_B; + + for (j = 0; j < sband->n_bitrates; j++) { + if (sband->bitrates[j].flags & flag) + ibss.basic_rates |= BIT(j); + } + } + err = cfg80211_join_ibss(rdev, dev, &ibss, connkeys); out: |