Hey, just to bump here - this patchset is idling around for quite some time now. I can integrate Felix suggestions easily if not a maintainer would like to do that. Any further comments/suggestions? Thanks, Simon On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 01:00:27PM +0200, Simon Wunderlich wrote: > This patchset adds support for 5 and 10 MHz in nl80211/cfg80211/mac80211 > and enables support in ath5k and ath9k, which already support this feature > on the driver side. 5 and 10 MHz wide channels might be useful for: > > * long shot links, as the transmissions are more robust > * future support for 802.11y which allows some 5 and 10 MHz channels in > 3.6 GHz range > * future support for 802.11p which uses 10 MHz in 5.9 GHz range > * ... and more "special" applications. > > This patchset enables 5 and 10 MHz channels only for OFDM, and without > HT/MIMO/aggregation (for now). Support may be added later. > > Changes to PATCHv2: > * instead of introducing new bitrate tables, use bitrate flags which mark > the bitrate with support for 5/10 MHz. All bitrates have then to be > calculated manually. > --> this saves a few changes where we only operate on indexes anyway, > but requires some more checking at other parts where it is required > to see if the rate is supported in 5/10 MHz. At least it is not > that ugly and bloaty, and also saves a lot of code in drivers. > * various DIV_ROUND_UP()s have been used instead of manual conversions > --> this was squashed with the "big" bitrate adjustment patch (-1 patch) > * found a bug in the rate mask matching code, which is fixed (+1 patch) > * fixed a few bugs I introuced myself. :) > > As always, any comments are appreciated! > Cheers, > Simon > > Simon Wunderlich (18): > nl80211/cfg80211: add 5 and 10 MHz defines and wiphy flag > nl80211: add rate flags for 5/10 Mhz channels > mac80211: Fix rate control mask matching call > mac80211: fix various components for the new 5 and 10 MHz widths > mac80211: fix timing for 5 MHz and 10 MHz channels > mac80211: select and adjust bitrates according for channel mode > mac80211: add radiotap flag and handling for 5/10 MHz > cfg80211/mac80211: use reduced txpower for 5 and 10 MHz > mac80211: change IBSS channel state to chandef > nl80211: allow 5 and 10 MHz channels for IBSS > ath9k: always use SIFS times from OFDM for 5/10 MHz > ath9k: use chandef instead of channel_type > ath9k: report 5/10 MHz channels > ath9k: set 5/10 MHz supported channels and fix bitrate > ath9k: announce that ath9k supports 5/10 MHz > ath5k: report 5/10 MHz channels > ath5k: set 5/10 MHz supported channels and fix duration > ath5k: enable support for 5 MHz and 10 MHz channels > > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h | 1 + > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c | 59 ++++++++-- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.h | 2 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/mac80211-ops.c | 2 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pcu.c | 2 + > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/qcu.c | 25 +++- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.c | 67 +++++++---- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.h | 3 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c | 5 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c | 5 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c | 29 +++-- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c | 8 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.c | 10 +- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c | 11 ++ > include/net/cfg80211.h | 55 +++++++++ > include/net/ieee80211_radiotap.h | 4 + > include/net/mac80211.h | 5 +- > include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 4 + > net/mac80211/cfg.c | 36 +++++- > net/mac80211/ibss.c | 101 +++++++++++----- > net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 45 ++++++- > net/mac80211/iface.c | 2 +- > net/mac80211/main.c | 2 +- > net/mac80211/mesh.c | 4 +- > net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c | 8 +- > net/mac80211/mlme.c | 99 ++++++++++++---- > net/mac80211/rate.c | 60 +++++----- > net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c | 29 ++++- > net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c | 11 +- > net/mac80211/rx.c | 28 +++-- > net/mac80211/status.c | 17 ++- > net/mac80211/tx.c | 16 ++- > net/mac80211/util.c | 157 +++++++++++++++++++------ > net/wireless/chan.c | 57 +++++++-- > net/wireless/nl80211.c | 23 +++- > 35 files changed, 761 insertions(+), 231 deletions(-) > > -- > 1.7.10.4 >
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