Dave,
Another round of wireless bits for -next...
Included are a bunch of rt2x00 updates (related to rt2800{usb,pci}), an
802.11s mesh support refresh to match current drafts of the spec, big
ath9k and iwlwifi drivers updates, new mac80211 support for using
4-address frames to talk to APs, a smattering of other driver and
infrastructure updates, and of course my fix for the zdnet build break.
Please let me know if there are problems!
Thanks,
John
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Individual patches are available here:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/linville/wireless-next-2.6/
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The following changes since commit 2071a0084a0323697b7d6fd5a98982194bd6929f:
David S. Miller (1):
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/.../davem/net-2.6
are available in the git repository at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6.git master
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz (10):
rt2800: prepare for unification of EEPROM support code
rt2800: unify EEPROM support code
rt2800pci: add missing RF values to rf_vals table
rt2800usb: reorganize code in rt2800usb_probe_hw_mode()
rt2800: prepare for rt2800*_probe_hw_mode() unification
rt2800: unify rt2800*_probe_hw_mode()
rt2800usb: fix RX descriptor naming
rt2800: add eFuse EEPROM support code to rt2800lib
rt2800usb: add eFuse EEPROM support
rt2500usb: remove dead link tuning code
Ben Hutchings (13):
at76c50x-usb: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
atmel: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
ipw2100: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
ipw2200: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
iwmc3200wifi: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
libertas: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
libertas_tf_usb: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
mwl8k: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
orinoco: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
prism54: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
wl12xx: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
zd1201: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
zd1211rw: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE
Ben M Cahill (6):
iwlwifi: Limit size of Event Log dump
iwlwifi: speed up event log dumps
iwlwifi: Update comments for struct iwl_ssid_ie
iwlwifi: Add comments about MAC_ACCESS_REQ
iwlagn: update write pointers in iwl_irq_tasklet()
iwlwifi: MAC_ACCESS_REQ cleanup
Bob Copeland (1):
ath5k: allow setting txpower to 0
Felix Fietkau (5):
nl80211: add a parameter for using 4-address frames on virtual interfaces
mac80211: implement support for 4-address frames for AP and client mode
mac80211: fix broadcast frame handling for 4-addr AP VLANs
nl80211: only allow adding stations to running vlan interfaces
ath9k: fix massive rx packet loss issue
Gertjan van Wingerde (10):
rt2x00: Move interface type assignments to generic code.
rt2x00: Fix building of rt2800lib when rt2x00 driver is built-in.
rt2x00: Add dynamic detection of eFuse EEPROM in rt2800pci.
rt2x00: Update copyright statements.
rt2x00: Fix typo in rf programming of rt2800lib.
rt2x00: Properly detect Ralink RT3070 devices.
rt2x00: Fix rt2800lib RF chip programming selection.
rt2x00: Initialize rf302x RF values properly for rt2800pci.
rt2x00: Log RT/RF chipset information correctly.
rt2x00: Fix BUG on rt2800usb when trying to read eFuse EEPROM.
Holger Schurig (2):
cfg80211: introduce nl80211_get_ifidx()
cfg80211: return channel noise via survey API
Ivo van Doorn (1):
rt2x00: Remove deprecated ieee80211_rx_status->qual usage
Jason Andryuk (2):
at76c50x-usb: Remove mac2str and replace with %pM format specifier.
at76c50x-usb: Supply additional parameters to at76_start_monitor scan request
Johannes Berg (3):
iwlwifi: don't double-activate queue 4
iwlwifi: fix FIFO vs. queue confusion
iwlwifi: add FIFO usage for 5000
John W. Linville (1):
znet: fix build failure from i82593.h relocation
Josef Bacik (1):
rt2800: do not enable tbtt unless we are in a beacon mode
Jouni Malinen (1):
mac80211: Do not queue Probe Request frames for station MLME
Julia Lawall (1):
drivers/net/wireless: correct check on CCS_START_NETWORK
Jussi Kivilinna (1):
rndis_wlan: handle NL80211_AUTHTYPE_AUTOMATIC
Luis R. Rodriguez (30):
ath9k: fix listening to idle requests
ath9k: update hw configuration for virtual wiphys
ath9k: simpify RX by calling ath_get_virt_hw() once
ath9k: use the passed ieee80211_hw on ath_rx_prepare()
ath9k: pass the ieee80211_hw on radio enable/disable
ath9k: use correct hw for tx aggregation TX completion
ath9k: use the right hw on ath_tx_setup_buffer() for HT
ath9k: handle low buffer space for virtual wiphys
ath9k: do not pass the entire descriptor to ath_rx_prepare()
ath9k_hw: move ath_extend_tsf() to hw code to share as ath9k_hw_extend_tsf()
ath9k: move struct ath_ani to common area
ath9k: use the ieee80211_hw to get to an sband on ath_rx_prepare()
ath9k: move RX check code into helper ath9k_rx_accept()
ath9k: remove temp variable ratecode from ath_rx_prepare()
ath9k: move rate descriptor reading into a helper
ath9k: move qual processing into a helper
ath9k: move rssi processing into a helper
ath9k: avoid the copy skb->cb on every RX'd skb
ath9k: move the rx_stats->rs_datalen check to ath9k_rx_accept()
ath: move the rx bufsize to common to share with ath5k/ath9k
ath5k: remove double cache alignment, ath_rxbuf_alloc() already does it
ath9k: move the max rx buffer size check to ath9k_rx_accept()
ath9k: rename ath_rx_prepare() to ath9k_rx_skb_preprocess()
ath9k: move driver keymap, keymax and splitmic to common
ath5k: use the common->keymap
ath9k: move RX skb post processing to a helper
ath9k_common: add new module to share 802.11n driver helpers
ath9k_common: remove ath9k_compute_qual()
ath9k_common: clarify and correct jumbogram processing
mac80211: fix max HT rate processing on mac80211
Michael Buesch (2):
b43: Rewrite TX bounce buffer handling
b43-pio: Fix RX error path for rev>=8 devices
Randy Dunlap (1):
staging/wireless: don't build when NET etc. are not enabled
Reinette Chatre (1):
iwlwifi: change debug message to error in failure case
Rui Paulo (20):
mac80211: update meshconf IE
mac80211: set MESH_TTL to 31
mac80211: implement the meshconf formation info field
mac80211: fix typo in a comment
mac80211: update peer link management IE and action frames
mac80211: update the format of path selection frames
mac80211: add MAC80211_VERBOSE_MHWMP_DEBUG
mac80211: allow processing of more than one HWMP IE
mac80211: improve HWMP debugging
mac80211: improve peer link management debugging
mac80211: implement RANN processing and forwarding
mac80211: update PERR frame format
mac80211: properly forward the RANN IE
mac80211: set the AID field correctly for mesh peer frames
mac80211: fix BSSID setup for beacon frames
mac80211: add the DS params to the beacon
mac80211: replace "destination" with "target" to follow the spec
mac80211: implement a timer to send RANN action frames
mac80211: add nl80211/cfg80211 handling of the new mesh root mode option.
mac80211: update copyrights to 2009
Shanyu Zhao (2):
iwlwifi: use only one chain for scan in PS
iwlwifi: use configured valid rx chain for scan
Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (2):
rt2x00: fix some typos and punctuation in comments
rt2800lib: fix some typos and punctuation in comments
Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan (2):
ath9k_hw: Fix possible OOB array indexing in gen_timer_index[] on 64-bit
ath9k_hw: Fix AR_GPIO_INPUT_EN_VAL_BT_PRIORITY_BB and its shift value in 0x4054
Wey-Yi Guy (7):
iwlwifi: print rx_on config to help debug
iwlwifi: no periodic Tx/IQ calibration for 6x00/6x50 series
iwlwifi: remove un-used parameter
iwlwifi: fix for channel switch
iwlwifi: drop non-production PCI-IDs
iwlwifi: do not base station's sm_ps setting on AP
iwlwifi: Fix issue on file transfer stalled in HT mode
Zhu Yi (1):
iwlwifi: allocate 128 bytes linear buffer for rx skb
drivers/net/wireless/at76c50x-usb.c | 45 +-
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.h | 28 ++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c | 32 +-
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.h | 2 -
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/phy.c | 2 -
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig | 3 +
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile | 3 +
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h | 130 +-----
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.c | 286 +++++++++++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.h | 123 +++++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c | 15 +
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h | 3 +-
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c | 243 ++++++-----
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h | 2 +
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c | 313 ++-----------
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h | 4 +-
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/virtual.c | 79 +++-
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c | 21 +-
drivers/net/wireless/atmel.c | 16 +
drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c | 48 +--
drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c | 6 +-
drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.h | 19 +
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c | 6 +
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c | 5 +
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-1000.c | 1 +
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.c | 3 +-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c | 14 +-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c | 16 +-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-6000.c | 106 +----
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c | 79 ++--
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h | 7 +-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c | 54 ++-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h | 5 +
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h | 22 +-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-hcmd.c | 4 +-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-io.h | 20 +
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h | 19 +-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c | 5 +-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c | 18 +-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c | 12 +-
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c | 42 ++-
drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/sdio.c | 3 +
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_cs.c | 1 +
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_sdio.c | 6 +
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c | 4 +
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_usb.c | 2 +
drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/if_usb.c | 2 +
drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c | 3 +
drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/fw.c | 6 +
drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_dev.c | 3 +
drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c | 2 +
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c | 3 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c | 3 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c | 137 +------
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800.h | 38 ++-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c | 494 +++++++++++++++++++-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.h | 17 +
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c | 416 +---------------
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.h | 37 +--
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c | 418 +----------------
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.h | 46 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h | 22 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00config.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00crypto.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c | 3 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dump.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00firmware.c | 3 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00ht.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00leds.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00leds.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.h | 16 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00link.c | 90 +----
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c | 4 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c | 3 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00reg.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00soc.c | 8 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00soc.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c | 4 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h | 4 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c | 39 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c | 3 +-
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c | 1 +
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c | 1 +
drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c | 3 +
drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_usb.c | 7 +
drivers/net/znet.c | 3 +-
drivers/staging/arlan/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/staging/netwave/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/staging/wavelan/Kconfig | 4 +-
drivers/staging/wavelan/wavelan_cs.p.h | 2 +-
.../staging/wavelan => include/linux}/i82593.h | 0
include/linux/ieee80211.h | 17 +-
include/linux/nl80211.h | 49 ++-
include/net/cfg80211.h | 45 ++-
net/mac80211/Kconfig | 13 +
net/mac80211/cfg.c | 47 ++-
net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c | 2 +
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 27 +-
net/mac80211/iface.c | 4 +
net/mac80211/mesh.c | 143 ++++--
net/mac80211/mesh.h | 28 +-
net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c | 388 ++++++++++-----
net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c | 18 +-
net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c | 56 ++-
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 1 -
net/mac80211/rx.c | 40 ++-
net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 3 +
net/mac80211/tx.c | 47 ++-
net/mac80211/util.c | 4 +
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 208 +++++++--
net/wireless/util.c | 4 +-
122 files changed, 2688 insertions(+), 2220 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.c
create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.h
rename {drivers/staging/wavelan => include/linux}/i82593.h (100%)
Omnibus patch is available here:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/linville/wireless-next-2.6-2009-11-17.patch.bz2
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linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready.
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