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nl80211: Add set/get for frag/rts threshold and retry limits

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Add new nl80211 attributes that can be used with NL80211_CMD_SET_WIPHY
and NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY to manage fragmentation/RTS threshold and
retry limits.

Since these values are stored in struct wiphy, remove the local copy
from mac80211 where feasible (frag & rts threshold). The retry limits
are currently needed in struct ieee80211_conf, but these could be
eventually removed since the driver should have access to the values
in struct wiphy.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Jouni Malinen
2009-04-20 18:39:05 +02:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 9e52b0623c
commit b9a5f8cab7
12 changed files with 372 additions and 151 deletions
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net/wireless/core.c
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@ -273,6 +273,16 @@ struct wiphy *wiphy_new(struct cfg80211_ops *ops, int sizeof_priv)
drv->wiphy.dev.class = &ieee80211_class;
drv->wiphy.dev.platform_data = drv;
/*
* Initialize wiphy parameters to IEEE 802.11 MIB default values.
* Fragmentation and RTS threshold are disabled by default with the
* special -1 value.
*/
drv->wiphy.retry_short = 7;
drv->wiphy.retry_long = 4;
drv->wiphy.frag_threshold = (u32) -1;
drv->wiphy.rts_threshold = (u32) -1;
return &drv->wiphy;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(wiphy_new);