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mac80211: introduce ieee80211_beacon_get_tim()

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Compared to ieee80211_beacon_get(), the new function
ieee80211_beacon_get_tim() returns information on the
location and length of the TIM IE, which some drivers
need in order to generate the TIM on the device. The
old function, ieee80211_beacon_get(), becomes a small
static inline wrapper around the new one to not break
all drivers.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Johannes Berg
2009-10-29 08:30:35 +01:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 750266646b
commit eddcbb94f7
2 changed files with 48 additions and 11 deletions
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include/net/mac80211.h
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@@ -1742,20 +1742,46 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
void ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct sk_buff *skb);
/**
* ieee80211_beacon_get_tim - beacon generation function
* @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
* @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from &struct ieee80211_if_init_conf.
* @tim_offset: pointer to variable that will receive the TIM IE offset.
* Set to 0 if invalid (in non-AP modes).
* @tim_length: pointer to variable that will receive the TIM IE length,
* (including the ID and length bytes!).
* Set to 0 if invalid (in non-AP modes).
*
* If the driver implements beaconing modes, it must use this function to
* obtain the beacon frame/template.
*
* If the beacon frames are generated by the host system (i.e., not in
* hardware/firmware), the driver uses this function to get each beacon
* frame from mac80211 -- it is responsible for calling this function
* before the beacon is needed (e.g. based on hardware interrupt).
*
* If the beacon frames are generated by the device, then the driver
* must use the returned beacon as the template and change the TIM IE
* according to the current DTIM parameters/TIM bitmap.
*
* The driver is responsible for freeing the returned skb.
*/
struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
u16 *tim_offset, u16 *tim_length);
/**
* ieee80211_beacon_get - beacon generation function
* @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
* @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from &struct ieee80211_if_init_conf.
*
* If the beacon frames are generated by the host system (i.e., not in
* hardware/firmware), the low-level driver uses this function to receive
* the next beacon frame from the 802.11 code. The low-level is responsible
* for calling this function before beacon data is needed (e.g., based on
* hardware interrupt). Returned skb is used only once and low-level driver
* is responsible for freeing it.
* See ieee80211_beacon_get_tim().
*/
struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
static inline struct sk_buff *ieee80211_beacon_get(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
{
return ieee80211_beacon_get_tim(hw, vif, NULL, NULL);
}
/**
* ieee80211_rts_get - RTS frame generation function