| ============================= |
| mac80211 subsystem (advanced) |
| ============================= |
| |
| Information contained within this part of the book is of interest only |
| for advanced interaction of mac80211 with drivers to exploit more |
| hardware capabilities and improve performance. |
| |
| LED support |
| =========== |
| |
| Mac80211 supports various ways of blinking LEDs. Wherever possible, |
| device LEDs should be exposed as LED class devices and hooked up to the |
| appropriate trigger, which will then be triggered appropriately by |
| mac80211. |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :functions: |
| ieee80211_get_tx_led_name |
| ieee80211_get_rx_led_name |
| ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name |
| ieee80211_get_radio_led_name |
| ieee80211_tpt_blink |
| ieee80211_tpt_led_trigger_flags |
| ieee80211_create_tpt_led_trigger |
| |
| Hardware crypto acceleration |
| ============================ |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :doc: Hardware crypto acceleration |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :functions: |
| set_key_cmd |
| ieee80211_key_conf |
| ieee80211_key_flags |
| ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k |
| ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k_iv |
| ieee80211_get_tkip_p2k |
| |
| Powersave support |
| ================= |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :doc: Powersave support |
| |
| Beacon filter support |
| ===================== |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :doc: Beacon filter support |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :functions: ieee80211_beacon_loss |
| |
| Multiple queues and QoS support |
| =============================== |
| |
| TBD |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :functions: ieee80211_tx_queue_params |
| |
| Access point mode support |
| ========================= |
| |
| TBD |
| |
| Some parts of the if_conf should be discussed here instead |
| |
| Insert notes about VLAN interfaces with hw crypto here or in the hw |
| crypto chapter. |
| |
| support for powersaving clients |
| ------------------------------- |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :doc: AP support for powersaving clients |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :functions: |
| ieee80211_get_buffered_bc |
| ieee80211_beacon_get |
| ieee80211_sta_eosp |
| ieee80211_frame_release_type |
| ieee80211_sta_ps_transition |
| ieee80211_sta_ps_transition_ni |
| ieee80211_sta_set_buffered |
| ieee80211_sta_block_awake |
| |
| Supporting multiple virtual interfaces |
| ====================================== |
| |
| TBD |
| |
| Note: WDS with identical MAC address should almost always be OK |
| |
| Insert notes about having multiple virtual interfaces with different MAC |
| addresses here, note which configurations are supported by mac80211, add |
| notes about supporting hw crypto with it. |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :functions: |
| ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces |
| ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic |
| |
| Station handling |
| ================ |
| |
| TODO |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :functions: |
| ieee80211_sta |
| sta_notify_cmd |
| ieee80211_find_sta |
| ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr |
| |
| Hardware scan offload |
| ===================== |
| |
| TBD |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :functions: ieee80211_scan_completed |
| |
| Aggregation |
| =========== |
| |
| TX A-MPDU aggregation |
| --------------------- |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/agg-tx.c |
| :doc: TX A-MPDU aggregation |
| |
| .. WARNING: DOCPROC directive not supported: !Cnet/mac80211/agg-tx.c |
| |
| RX A-MPDU aggregation |
| --------------------- |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/agg-rx.c |
| :doc: RX A-MPDU aggregation |
| |
| .. WARNING: DOCPROC directive not supported: !Cnet/mac80211/agg-rx.c |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :functions: ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action |
| |
| Spatial Multiplexing Powersave (SMPS) |
| ===================================== |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :doc: Spatial multiplexing power save |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :functions: |
| ieee80211_request_smps |
| ieee80211_smps_mode |
| |
| TBD |
| |
| This part of the book describes the rate control algorithm interface and |
| how it relates to mac80211 and drivers. |
| |
| Rate Control API |
| ================ |
| |
| TBD |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h |
| :functions: |
| ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session |
| ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe |
| ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session |
| ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe |
| ieee80211_rate_control_changed |
| ieee80211_tx_rate_control |
| |
| TBD |
| |
| This part of the book describes mac80211 internals. |
| |
| Key handling |
| ============ |
| |
| Key handling basics |
| ------------------- |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/key.c |
| :doc: Key handling basics |
| |
| MORE TBD |
| -------- |
| |
| TBD |
| |
| Receive processing |
| ================== |
| |
| TBD |
| |
| Transmit processing |
| =================== |
| |
| TBD |
| |
| Station info handling |
| ===================== |
| |
| Programming information |
| ----------------------- |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.h |
| :functions: |
| sta_info |
| ieee80211_sta_info_flags |
| |
| STA information lifetime rules |
| ------------------------------ |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.c |
| :doc: STA information lifetime rules |
| |
| Aggregation Functions |
| ===================== |
| |
| .. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.h |
| :functions: |
| sta_ampdu_mlme |
| tid_ampdu_tx |
| tid_ampdu_rx |
| |
| Synchronisation Functions |
| ========================= |
| |
| TBD |
| |
| Locking, lots of RCU |
