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Re: [ath9k-devel] [RFC 1/2] ath9k: Fix up hardware mode and beacons with multiple vifs.

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On 2011-01-14 6:27 PM, greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Ben Greear<greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

When using a mixture of AP and Station interfaces,
the hardware mode was using the type of the
last VIF registered.  Instead, we should keep track
of the number of different types of vifs and set the
mode accordingly.

In addtion, use the vif type instead of hardware opmode
when dealing with beacons.

Attempt to move some of the common setup code into smaller
methods so we can re-use it when changing vif mode as
well as adding/deleting vifs.

This needs review.

Signed-off-by: Ben Greear<greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
:100644 100644 3108699... a2da259... M	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
:100644 100644 385ba03... 8de591e... M	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
:100644 100644 0452580... 1a65e53... M	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
:100644 100644 ea2f67c... 9a2b4a8... M	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h  |   10 +-
  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c |   14 +-
  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c   |  263 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c   |   17 ++-
  4 files changed, 214 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
index 3108699..a2da259 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -607,10 +607,15 @@ struct ath_softc {
  	u32 sc_flags; /* SC_OP_* */
  	u16 ps_flags; /* PS_* */
  	u16 curtxpow;
-	u8 nbcnvifs;
-	u16 nvifs;
  	bool ps_enabled;
  	bool ps_idle;
+	short nbcnvifs;
+	short nvifs;
+	short naps; /* number of APs */
+	short nmeshes;
+	short nstations;
+	short nwds;
+	short nadhocs;
  	unsigned long ps_usecount;

  	struct ath_config config;
Do we really need all those counters? Wouldn't it be better to iterate over active interfaces instead?

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index ea2f67c..9a2b4a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -589,8 +589,14 @@ static void ath_rx_ps_beacon(struct ath_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb)
  		return;

  	mgmt = (struct ieee80211_mgmt *)skb->data;
-	if (memcmp(common->curbssid, mgmt->bssid, ETH_ALEN) != 0)
+	if (memcmp(common->curbssid, mgmt->bssid, ETH_ALEN) != 0) {
+		/* TODO:  This doesn't work well if you have stations
+		 * associated to two different APs because curbssid
+		 * is just the last AP that any of the stations associated
+		 * with.
+		 */
  		return; /* not from our current AP */
+	}

  	sc->ps_flags&= ~PS_WAIT_FOR_BEACON;

@@ -980,13 +986,20 @@ static void ath9k_process_rssi(struct ath_common *common,
  	int last_rssi;
  	__le16 fc;

+	/* TODO:  Maybe need to accept this if we have STA vifs active?? */
  	if (ah->opmode != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
  		return;

  	fc = hdr->frame_control;
  	if (!ieee80211_is_beacon(fc) ||
-	    compare_ether_addr(hdr->addr3, common->curbssid))
+	    compare_ether_addr(hdr->addr3, common->curbssid)) {
+		/* TODO:  This doesn't work well if you have stations
+		 * associated to two different APs because curbssid
+		 * is just the last AP that any of the stations associated
+		 * with.
+		 */
  		return;
+	}

  	if (rx_stats->rs_rssi != ATH9K_RSSI_BAD&&  !rx_stats->rs_moreaggr)
  		ATH_RSSI_LPF(aphy->last_rssi, rx_stats->rs_rssi);
Checking for the STA opmode is correct, this code should not be used for STA+AP. For the multi-STA case, it may make sense to process the RSSI average per vif and using the minimum for ANI.

- Felix
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