mac80211: Add function to get probe request template for current AP

Chipsets with hardware based connection monitoring need to autonomically
send directed probe-request frames to the AP (in the event of beacon loss,
for example.)

For the hardware to be able to do this, it requires a template for the frame
to transmit to the AP, filled in with the BSSID and SSID of the AP, but also
the supported rate IE's.

This patch adds a function to mac80211, which allows the hardware driver to
fetch this template after association, so it can be configured to the hardware.

Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This commit is contained in:
Juuso Oikarinen
2010-11-11 08:50:18 +02:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 4e8c14e958
commit a619a4c0e1
4 changed files with 61 additions and 5 deletions

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@@ -1287,6 +1287,10 @@ int ieee80211_build_preq_ies(struct ieee80211_local *local, u8 *buffer,
const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len,
enum ieee80211_band band, u32 rate_mask,
u8 channel);
struct sk_buff *ieee80211_build_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
u8 *dst,
const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len,
const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len);
void ieee80211_send_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *dst,
const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len,
const u8 *ie, size_t ie_len);