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* s390: remove cu3088 layer for lcs and ctcmUrsula Braun2009-11-1413-242/+304
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The cu3088-driver used as common base for lcs- and ctcm-devices makes it difficult to assign the appropriate driver to an lcs-device or a ctcm-device. This patch eliminates the cu3088-driver and thus the root device "cu3088". Path /sys/devices/cu3088 is replaced with the pathes /sys/devices/lcs and /sys/devices/ctcm. Patch is based on a proposal from Cornelia Huck. Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <ursula.braun@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* ctcm: suspend has to wait for outstanding I/OFrank Blaschka2009-11-143-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | State transition to DEV_STATE_STOPPED indicates all outstanding I/O has finished. Add wait queue to wait for this state. Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <ursula.braun@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* iucv: add work_queue cleanup for suspendUrsula Braun2009-11-141-3/+13
| | | | | | | | | | If iucv_work_queue is not empty during kernel freeze, a kernel panic occurs. This suspend-patch adds flushing of the work queue for pending connection requests and severing of remaining pending connections. Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <ursula.braun@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* inetpeer: Optimize inet_getid()Eric Dumazet2009-11-144-24/+15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | While investigating for network latencies, I found inet_getid() was a contention point for some workloads, as inet_peer_idlock is shared by all inet_getid() users regardless of peers. One way to fix this is to make ip_id_count an atomic_t instead of __u16, and use atomic_add_return(). In order to keep sizeof(struct inet_peer) = 64 on 64bit arches tcp_ts_stamp is also converted to __u32 instead of "unsigned long". Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* ipv6: speedup inet6_dump_addr()Eric Dumazet2009-11-141-74/+97
| | | | | | | | | | | When handling large number of netdevices, inet6_dump_addr() is very slow because it has O(N^2) complexity. Instead of scanning one single list, we can use the NETDEV_HASHENTRIES sub lists of the dev_index hash table, and RCU lookups. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* inet: fix inet_bind_bucket_for_eachLucian Adrian Grijincu2009-11-141-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The first "node" is supposed to be the cursor used in the for_each. The second "node" is ment literally and should not be macro expanded: it's the name of the hlist_node field from the inet_bind_bucket. This currently works because when inet_bind_bucket_for_each is called it's argument is still "node". Signed-off-by: Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lgrijincu@ixiacom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* ipv4: speedup inet_dump_ifaddr()Eric Dumazet2009-11-141-23/+38
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Stephen Hemminger a écrit : > On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:11:36 +0100 > Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote: > >> When handling large number of netdevices, inet_dump_ifaddr() >> is very slow because it has O(N^2) complexity. >> >> Instead of scanning one single list, we can use the NETDEV_HASHENTRIES >> sub lists of the dev_index hash table, and RCU lookups. >> >> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> > > You might be able to make RCU critical section smaller by moving > it into loop. > Indeed. But we dump at most one skb (<= 8192 bytes ?), so rcu_read_lock holding time is small, unless we meet many netdevices without addresses. I wonder if its really common... Thanks [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipv4: speedup inet_dump_ifaddr() When handling large number of netdevices, inet_dump_ifaddr() is very slow because it has O(N2) complexity. Instead of scanning one single list, we can use the NETDEV_HASHENTRIES sub lists of the dev_index hash table, and RCU lookups. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* ixgbe: Make queue pairs on single MSI-X interruptsPJ Waskiewicz2009-11-141-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch pairs similar-numbered Rx and Tx queues onto a single MSI-X vector. For example, Tx queue 0 and Rx queue 0's interrupt with be ethX-RxTx-0. This allows for more efficient cleanup, since fewer interrupts will be firing during device operation. It also helps with a cleaner CPU affinity for IRQ affinity. Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* ixgbe: Flush the LSC mask change to prevent repeated interruptsNelson, Shannon2009-11-141-0/+1
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* igb: only recycle page if it is on our numa nodeAlexander Duyck2009-11-141-1/+3
| | | | | | | | | | This patch makes it so that we only recycle pages when they are from the local NUMA node. Non-local pages are freed and replaced with locally allocated pages. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* igb: check for packets on all tx rings when link is downAlexander Duyck2009-11-141-11/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | We were previously only checking the first tx ring to see if it had any packets in it when the link when down. However we should be checking all of the rings so this patch makes it so that all of the rings are now being checked. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* igb: removed unused tx/rx total bytes/packets from adapter structAlexander Duyck2009-11-141-4/+0
| | | | | | | | | This patch removes unused variables total_tx_bytes, total_tx_packets, total_rx_bytes, and total_rx_packets from the adapter struct. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* igb: Rework how netdev->stats is handledAlexander Duyck2009-11-142-103/+108
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch does some refactoring work that I felt was needed after reviewing the changes recently submitted relating to the replacement of net_stats with netdev->stats. This patch essentially creates two different collections of stats. The first handles the adapter specific states and is stored in gstring_stats, and the second is for netdev specific stats and is stored in gstring_net_stats. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* igb: when number of CPUs > 4 combine tx/rx queues to allow more queuesAlexander Duyck2009-11-142-13/+27
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch makes it so that nics such as 82576 and newer can support more hardware queues when there are more than 4 cpus by combining a tx/rx queue pair onto one interrupt so that 8 queue pairs can be supported and thus allow for more queues. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* igb: move timesync init into a seperate functionAlexander Duyck2009-11-141-50/+65
| | | | | | | | Current code is quite large and making igb_probe difficult to read. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* igb: change type for ring sizes to u16 in igb_set_ring_paramAlexander Duyck2009-11-141-5/+5
| | | | | | | | | Change the type for the ring size values to u16 and use min/max_t instead of min/max. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* ARM: fix bug of checking on signed return value using unsigned statement in ↵Wan ZongShun2009-11-141-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | w90p910 platform To fix the bug of checking on signed return value using unsigned statement. Thanks Roel Kluin for digging out it. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* igmp: Use next_net_device_rcu()Eric Dumazet2009-11-141-16/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | We need to use next_det_device_rcu() in RCU protected section. We also can avoid in_dev_get()/in_dev_put() overhead (code size mainly) in rcu_read_lock() sections. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* ipv6: use RCU to walk list of network devicesEric Dumazet2009-11-143-43/+47
| | | | | | | | No longer need read_lock(&dev_base_lock), use RCU instead. We also can avoid taking references on inet6_dev structs. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: TCP_MSS_DEFAULT, TCP_MSS_DESIREDWilliam Allen Simpson2009-11-146-10/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Define two symbols needed in both kernel and user space. Remove old (somewhat incorrect) kernel variant that wasn't used in most cases. Default should apply to both RMSS and SMSS (RFC2581). Replace numeric constants with defined symbols. Stand-alone patch, originally developed for TCPCT. Signed-off-by: William.Allen.Simpson@gmail.com Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* vlan/macvlan: propagate transmission state to upper layersPatrick McHardy2009-11-132-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | Both vlan and macvlan devices usually don't use a qdisc and immediately queue packets to the underlying device. Propagate transmission state of the underlying device to the upper layers so they can react on congestion and/or inform the sending process. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: allow to propagate errors through ->ndo_hard_start_xmit()Patrick McHardy2009-11-133-18/+66
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Currently the ->ndo_hard_start_xmit() callbacks are only permitted to return one of the NETDEV_TX codes. This prevents any kind of error propagation for virtual devices, like queue congestion of the underlying device in case of layered devices, or unreachability in case of tunnels. This patches changes the NET_XMIT codes to avoid clashes with the NETDEV_TX codes and changes the two callers of dev_hard_start_xmit() to expect either errno codes, NET_XMIT codes or NETDEV_TX codes as return value. In case of qdisc_restart(), all non NETDEV_TX codes are mapped to NETDEV_TX_OK since no error propagation is possible when using qdiscs. In case of dev_queue_xmit(), the error is propagated upwards. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* niu.c: Use correct length in strncmpJoe Perches2009-11-131-1/+1
| | | | | | | Untested, no hardware Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net/atm: move all compat_ioctl handling to atm/ioctl.cArnd Bergmann2009-11-122-220/+175
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We have two implementations of the compat_ioctl handling for ATM, the one that we have had for ages in fs/compat_ioctl.c and the one added to net/atm/ioctl.c by David Woodhouse. Unfortunately, both versions are incomplete, and in practice we use a very confusing combination of the two. For ioctl numbers that have the same identifier on 32 and 64 bit systems, we go directly through the compat_ioctl socket operation, for those that differ, we do a conversion in fs/compat_ioctl.c. This patch moves both variants into the vcc_compat_ioctl() function, while preserving the current behaviour. It also kills off the COMPATIBLE_IOCTL definitions that we never use here. Doing it this way is clearly not a good solution, but I hope it is a step into the right direction, so that someone is able to clean up this mess for real. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net/compat: fix dev_ifsioc emulation corner casesArnd Bergmann2009-11-121-45/+72
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Handling for SIOCSHWTSTAMP is broken on architectures with a split user/kernel address space like s390, because it passes a real user pointer while using set_fs(KERNEL_DS). A similar problem might arise the next time somebody adds code to dev_ifsioc. Split up dev_ifsioc into three separate functions for SIOCSHWTSTAMP, SIOC*IFMAP and all other numbers so we can get rid of set_fs in all potentially affected cases. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* DM9000: Wake on LAN supportBen Dooks2009-11-122-8/+142
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add support for Wake on LAN (WOL) reception and waking the device up from this signal via the ethtool interface. Currently we are only supporting the magic-packet variant of wakeup. WOL is enabled by specifying a second interrupt resource to the driver which indicates where the interrupt for the WOL is being signalled. This then enables the necessary ethtool calls to leave the device in a state to receive WOL frames when going into suspend. Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben@simtec.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Simtec Linux Team <linux@simtec.co.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* ixgbe: r_idx not used in ixgbe_msix_clean_rx()Ali Gholami Rudi2009-11-121-2/+0
| | | | | | | | | The values of r_idx and rx_ring are not used after the last time they are set in ixgbe_msix_clean_rx(), so they can be removed. Signed-off-by: Ali Gholami Rudi <ali@rudi.ir> Acked-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* decnet: convert dndev_lock to spinlockstephen hemminger2009-11-121-7/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | There is no reason for this lock to be reader/writer since the reader only has lock held for a very brief period. The overhead of read_lock is more expensive than spinlock. Compile tested only, I am not a decnet user. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* decnet: add RTNL lock when reading address liststephen hemminger2009-11-121-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | Add missing locking in the case of auto binding to the default device. The address list might change while this code is looking at the list. Compile tested only, I am not a decnet user. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* netdev: fold name hash properly (v3)stephen hemminger2009-11-121-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The full_name_hash function does not produce well distributed values in the lower bits, so most code uses hash_32() to fold it. This is really a bug introduced when name hashing was added, back in 2.5 when I added name hashing. hash_32 is all that is needed since full_name_hash returns unsigned int which is only 32 bits on 64 bit platforms. Also, there is no point in using hash_32 on ifindex, because the is naturally sequential and usually well distributed. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* qlge: Change version to v1.00.00.23.00.00-01.Ron Mercer2009-11-121-1/+1
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* qlge: Clean up module parameter name.Ron Mercer2009-11-121-8/+8
| | | | | | | Change it to match qlge_xxx convention. Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* qlge: Add asic reset to open call.Ron Mercer2009-11-121-0/+4
| | | | | | | Force asic to known state at open(). Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* qlge: Do not change frame routing during suspend.Ron Mercer2009-11-121-3/+0
| | | | | | | | We do not need to change the frame routing to direct all frames to the management fifo during suspend. This is now done by the firmware. Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* clocksource/timecompare: Fix symbol exports to be GPL'd.David S. Miller2009-11-122-6/+6
| | | | | | Noticed by Thomas GLeixner. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* gianfar: Revive SKB recyclingAnton Vorontsov2009-11-121-12/+19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Before calling gfar_clean_tx_ring() the driver grabs an irqsave spinlock, and then tries to recycle skbs. But since skb_recycle_check() returns 0 with IRQs disabled, we'll never recycle any skbs. It appears that gfar_clean_tx_ring() and gfar_start_xmit() are mostly idependent and can work in parallel, except when they modify num_txbdfree. So we can drop the lock from most sections and thus fix the skb recycling. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> Acked-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* gianfar: Fix race between gfar_error() and gfar_start_xmit()Anton Vorontsov2009-11-121-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | gfar_error() can arrive at the middle of gfar_start_xmit() processing, and so it can trigger transfers of BDs that we don't yet expect to be transmitted. Fix this by locking the tx queues in gfar_error(). Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> Acked-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* gianfar: Fix thinko in gfar_set_rx_stash_index()Anton Vorontsov2009-11-121-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | We obviously want to write a modified 'temp' value back to the register, not the saved IRQ flags. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> Acked-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* gianfar: Fix build with CONFIG_PM=yAnton Vorontsov2009-11-121-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | commit fba4ed030cfae7efdb6b79a57b0c5a9d72c9 ("gianfar: Add Multiple Queue Support") introduced the following build failure: CC gianfar.o gianfar.c: In function 'gfar_restore': gianfar.c:1249: error: request for member 'napi' in something not a structure or union This patch fixes the issue. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> Acked-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* gianfar: Remove 'Interrupt problem!' warningAnton Vorontsov2009-11-121-2/+0
| | | | | | | | It is OK to poll with disabled IRQs, so remove the warning. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> Acked-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* skbuff: Do not allow skb recycling with disabled IRQsAnton Vorontsov2009-11-121-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NAPI drivers try to recycle SKBs in their polling routine, but we generally don't know the context in which the polling will be called, and the skb recycling itself may require IRQs to be enabled. This patch adds irqs_disabled() test to the skb_recycle_check() routine, so that we'll not let the drivers hit the skb recycling path with IRQs disabled. As a side effect, this patch actually disables skb recycling for some [broken] drivers. E.g. gianfar driver grabs an irqsave spinlock during TX ring processing, and then tries to recycle an skb, and that caused the following badness: nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (1008 buckets, 4032 max) ------------[ cut here ]------------ Badness at kernel/softirq.c:143 NIP: c003e3c4 LR: c423a528 CTR: c003e344 ... NIP [c003e3c4] local_bh_enable+0x80/0xc4 LR [c423a528] destroy_conntrack+0xd4/0x13c [nf_conntrack] Call Trace: [c15d1b60] [c003e32c] local_bh_disable+0x1c/0x34 (unreliable) [c15d1b70] [c423a528] destroy_conntrack+0xd4/0x13c [nf_conntrack] [c15d1b80] [c02c6370] nf_conntrack_destroy+0x3c/0x70 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* ipv6: Remove unused var in inet6_dump_ifinfo()David S. Miller2009-11-121-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reported by Stephen Rothwell: -------------------- Today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig) produced this warning: net/ipv6/addrconf.c: In function 'inet6_dump_ifinfo': net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3833: warning: unused variable 'err' Introduced by commit 84d2697d9649339215675551eae28ba04068dea1 ("ipv6: speedup inet6_dump_ifinfo()"). -------------------- Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* iwlwifi: fix iwl1000 "RTS/CTS for HT" merge damageJohn W. Linville2009-11-111-0/+1
| | | | | | | I may have botched my merge conflict resolution instructions for Dave... Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller2009-11-117-11/+22
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-1000.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-6000.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
| * iwlwifi: Fix issue on file transfer stalled in HT modeWey-Yi Guy2009-11-101-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Turn on RTS/CTS for HT to prevent uCode TX fifo underrun This is fix for http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2103 Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> Tested-by: Jiajia Zheng <jiajia.zheng@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
| * iwlwifi: Use RTS/CTS as the preferred protection mechanism for 6000 seriesWey-Yi Guy2009-11-104-3/+23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When 802.11g was introduced, we had RTS/CTS and CTS-to-Self protection mechanisms. In an HT Beacon, HT stations use the "Operating Mode" field in the HT Information Element to determine whether or not to use protection. The Operating Mode field has 4 possible settings: 0-3: Mode 0: If all stations in the BSS are 20/40 MHz HT capable, or if the BSS is 20/40 MHz capable, or if all stations in the BSS are 20 MHz HT stations in a 20 MHz BSS Mode 1: used if there are non-HT stations or APs using the primary or secondary channels Mode 2: if only HT stations are associated in the BSS and at least one 20 MHz HT station is associated. Mode 3: used if one or more non-HT stations are associated in the BSS. When in operating modes 1 or 3, and the Use_Protection field is 1 in the Beacon's ERP IE, all HT transmissions must be protected using RTS/CTS or CTS-to-Self. By default, CTS-to-self is the preferred protection mechanism for less overhead and higher throughput; but using the full RTS/CTS will better protect the inner exchange from interference, especially in highly-congested environment. For 6000 series WIFI NIC, RTS/CTS protection mechanism is the recommended choice for HT traffic based on the HW design. Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
| * Libertas: fix issues while configuring host sleep using ethtool wolBing Zhao2009-11-101-3/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Configuration of wake-on-lan for unicast, multicast, broadcast, physical activity was not working. Kernel panic issue was there when user tries to disable WOL. Fixed them. Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
| * Libertas: coding style cleanup in ethtool.cBing Zhao2009-11-101-4/+8
| | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
| * rtl8187: Fix sparse warningsLarry Finger2009-11-101-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Due to a missing header include, sparse generates the following warnings: CHECK drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_rfkill.c warning: symbol 'rtl8187_rfkill_init' was not declared. Should it be static? warning: symbol 'rtl8187_rfkill_poll' was not declared. Should it be static? warning: symbol 'rtl8187_rfkill_exit' was not declared. Should it be static? Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
| * ath5k: add LED definition for BenQ Joybook R55vBob Copeland2009-11-101-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Setup the GPIOs for the BenQ Joybook netbook. Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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