This allows a driver to ask for a specific rate control algorithm.
The rate control algorithm asked for must be registered and be
available as a module or built-in.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
The fix that makes rc80211 simple built-in will break Intel's drivers
because they never bothered to fix the rate control selection bugs they
have. This is required to fix those bugs.
include/net/mac80211.h | 5 +++++
net/mac80211/ieee80211.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/net/mac80211.h 2007-10-28 14:23:16.625046333 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/include/net/mac80211.h 2007-10-28 14:29:51.925037218 +0100
@@ -704,11 +704,16 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
*
* @queues: number of available hardware transmit queues for
* data packets. WMM/QoS requires at least four.
+ *
+ * @rate_control_algorithm: rate control algorithm for this hardware.
+ * If unset (NULL), the default algorithm will be used. Must be
+ * set before calling ieee80211_register_hw().
*/
struct ieee80211_hw {
struct ieee80211_conf conf;
struct wiphy *wiphy;
struct workqueue_struct *workqueue;
+ const char *rate_control_algorithm;
void *priv;
u32 flags;
unsigned int extra_tx_headroom;
--- linux-2.6.orig/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c 2007-10-28 14:28:46.655082356 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c 2007-10-28 14:29:03.805036512 +0100
@@ -1272,7 +1272,8 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee802
ieee80211_debugfs_add_netdev(IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(local->mdev));
ieee80211_if_set_type(local->mdev, IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP);
- result = ieee80211_init_rate_ctrl_alg(local, NULL);
+ result = ieee80211_init_rate_ctrl_alg(local,
+ hw->rate_control_algorithm);
if (result < 0) {
printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Failed to initialize rate control "
"algorithm\n", wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy));
-
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