The new attribute NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS sets IEEE 802.11
Coverage Class, which depends on maximum distance of nodes in a
wireless network. It's required for long distance links (more than a few
hundred meters).
The attribute is now ignored by two non-mac80211 drivers, rndis and
iwmc3200wifi, together with WIPHY_PARAM_RETRY_SHORT and
WIPHY_PARAM_RETRY_LONG. If it turns out to be a problem, we could split
set_wiphy_params callback or add new capability bits.
Signed-off-by: Lukas Turek <8an@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/nl80211.h | 4 ++++
include/net/cfg80211.h | 2 ++
net/wireless/core.c | 1 +
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index da8ea2e..e241ed1 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RTS_THRESHOLD: RTS threshold (TX frames with length
* larger than or equal to this use RTS/CTS handshake); allowed range:
* 0..65536, disable with (u32)-1; dot11RTSThreshold; u32
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS: Coverage Class as defined by IEEE 802.11
+ * section 7.3.2.9; dot11CoverageClass; u8
*
* @NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX: network interface index of the device to operate on
* @NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME: network interface name
@@ -743,6 +745,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_PMKID,
NL80211_ATTR_MAX_NUM_PMKIDS,
+ NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 0884b9a..fe50c71 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ enum wiphy_params_flags {
WIPHY_PARAM_RETRY_LONG = 1 << 1,
WIPHY_PARAM_FRAG_THRESHOLD = 1 << 2,
WIPHY_PARAM_RTS_THRESHOLD = 1 << 3,
+ WIPHY_PARAM_COVERAGE_CLASS = 1 << 4,
};
/**
@@ -1217,6 +1218,7 @@ struct wiphy {
u8 retry_long;
u32 frag_threshold;
u32 rts_threshold;
+ u8 coverage_class;
char fw_version[ETHTOOL_BUSINFO_LEN];
u32 hw_version;
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index c2a2c56..0a545bb 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ struct wiphy *wiphy_new(const struct cfg80211_ops *ops, int sizeof_priv)
rdev->wiphy.retry_long = 4;
rdev->wiphy.frag_threshold = (u32) -1;
rdev->wiphy.rts_threshold = (u32) -1;
+ rdev->wiphy.coverage_class = 0;
return &rdev->wiphy;
}
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 7cb0d64..ea86c28 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] __read_mostly = {
[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_LONG] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FRAG_THRESHOLD] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RTS_THRESHOLD] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[NL80211_ATTR_IFTYPE] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
[NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
@@ -442,6 +443,8 @@ static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq, int flags,
dev->wiphy.frag_threshold);
NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RTS_THRESHOLD,
dev->wiphy.rts_threshold);
+ NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS,
+ dev->wiphy.coverage_class);
NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAX_NUM_SCAN_SSIDS,
dev->wiphy.max_scan_ssids);
@@ -681,6 +684,7 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
u32 changed;
u8 retry_short = 0, retry_long = 0;
u32 frag_threshold = 0, rts_threshold = 0;
+ u8 coverage_class = 0;
rtnl_lock();
@@ -803,9 +807,16 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
changed |= WIPHY_PARAM_RTS_THRESHOLD;
}
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS]) {
+ coverage_class = nla_get_u8(
+ info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS]);
+ changed |= WIPHY_PARAM_COVERAGE_CLASS;
+ }
+
if (changed) {
u8 old_retry_short, old_retry_long;
u32 old_frag_threshold, old_rts_threshold;
+ u8 old_coverage_class;
if (!rdev->ops->set_wiphy_params) {
result = -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -816,6 +827,7 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
old_retry_long = rdev->wiphy.retry_long;
old_frag_threshold = rdev->wiphy.frag_threshold;
old_rts_threshold = rdev->wiphy.rts_threshold;
+ old_coverage_class = rdev->wiphy.coverage_class;
if (changed & WIPHY_PARAM_RETRY_SHORT)
rdev->wiphy.retry_short = retry_short;
@@ -825,6 +837,8 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
rdev->wiphy.frag_threshold = frag_threshold;
if (changed & WIPHY_PARAM_RTS_THRESHOLD)
rdev->wiphy.rts_threshold = rts_threshold;
+ if (changed & WIPHY_PARAM_COVERAGE_CLASS)
+ rdev->wiphy.coverage_class = coverage_class;
result = rdev->ops->set_wiphy_params(&rdev->wiphy, changed);
if (result) {
@@ -832,6 +846,7 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
rdev->wiphy.retry_long = old_retry_long;
rdev->wiphy.frag_threshold = old_frag_threshold;
rdev->wiphy.rts_threshold = old_rts_threshold;
+ rdev->wiphy.coverage_class = old_coverage_class;
}
}
--
1.6.4.4
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