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| author | Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com> | 2013-02-12 11:34:13 +0400 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2013-03-06 19:35:49 +0400 |
| commit | d339d5ca8eee34f3c70386cf2545edc53e546a13 (patch) | |
| tree | 30587aa1e41343adcf10b0716e54964410d86edf /include/net/mac80211.h | |
| parent | f62fab735e99af2190eba03f565adaca5c002882 (diff) | |
| download | linux-d339d5ca8eee34f3c70386cf2545edc53e546a13.tar.xz | |
mac80211: Allow drivers to differentiate between ROC types
Some devices can handle remain on channel requests differently
based on the request type/priority. Add support to
differentiate between different ROC types, i.e., indicate that
the ROC is required for sending managment frames.
Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/mac80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 21 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index f7eba1300d82..9b0d342c0675 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -2135,6 +2135,24 @@ enum ieee80211_rate_control_changed { }; /** + * enum ieee80211_roc_type - remain on channel type + * + * With the support for multi channel contexts and multi channel operations, + * remain on channel operations might be limited/deferred/aborted by other + * flows/operations which have higher priority (and vise versa). + * Specifying the ROC type can be used by devices to prioritize the ROC + * operations compared to other operations/flows. + * + * @IEEE80211_ROC_TYPE_NORMAL: There are no special requirements for this ROC. + * @IEEE80211_ROC_TYPE_MGMT_TX: The remain on channel request is required + * for sending managment frames offchannel. + */ +enum ieee80211_roc_type { + IEEE80211_ROC_TYPE_NORMAL = 0, + IEEE80211_ROC_TYPE_MGMT_TX, +}; + +/** * struct ieee80211_ops - callbacks from mac80211 to the driver * * This structure contains various callbacks that the driver may @@ -2687,7 +2705,8 @@ struct ieee80211_ops { int (*remain_on_channel)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif, struct ieee80211_channel *chan, - int duration); + int duration, + enum ieee80211_roc_type type); int (*cancel_remain_on_channel)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw); int (*set_ringparam)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 tx, u32 rx); void (*get_ringparam)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, |