From: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@xxxxxxxxx>
The wl1271 has hardware connection monitoring, i.e. the hardware chipset
internally handles periodic null-funcs and probe-req transmitting in case of
non-acked periodic null-func or beacon loss.
To be able to transmit a valid probe-request to the associated to AP, the
hardware needs a template for it. Currently, there is no way for the hardware
to have this template, as the SSID and supported rate IE's are not passed down
by the mac80211.
These patches propose adding a function to mac80211, which the driver can use
to get a template for the currently associated-to AP, filled with the basic
needed IE's. The wl1271 patch uses this function, and configures it to the
hardware.
Any thoughts?
Juuso Oikarinen (2):
mac80211: Add function to get probe request template for current AP
wl1271: Fix setting of the hardware connection monitoring probe-req
template
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h | 3 ++
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_cmd.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_cmd.h | 2 +
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++----------
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_scan.c | 4 +++
include/net/mac80211.h | 12 ++++++++++
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 4 +++
net/mac80211/mlme.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++
net/mac80211/util.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++----
9 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
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