mac80211: inform drivers about the off-channel status on channel changes

For some drivers it can be useful to know whether the channel they're
supposed to switch to is going to be used for short off-channel work or
scanning, or whether the hardware is expected to stay on it for a while
longer. This is important for various kinds of calibration work, which
takes longer to complete and should keep some persistent state, even if
the channel temporarily changes.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This commit is contained in:
Felix Fietkau 2010-07-28 02:40:49 +02:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent a0daa0e759
commit 4552124543
2 changed files with 6 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -625,11 +625,14 @@ struct ieee80211_rx_status {
* may turn the device off as much as possible. Typically, this flag will
* be set when an interface is set UP but not associated or scanning, but
* it can also be unset in that case when monitor interfaces are active.
* @IEEE80211_CONF_OFFCHANNEL: The device is currently not on its main
* operating channel.
*/
enum ieee80211_conf_flags {
IEEE80211_CONF_MONITOR = (1<<0),
IEEE80211_CONF_PS = (1<<1),
IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE = (1<<2),
IEEE80211_CONF_OFFCHANNEL = (1<<3),
};

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@ -107,12 +107,15 @@ int ieee80211_hw_config(struct ieee80211_local *local, u32 changed)
if (scan_chan) {
chan = scan_chan;
channel_type = NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT;
local->hw.conf.flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_OFFCHANNEL;
} else if (local->tmp_channel) {
chan = scan_chan = local->tmp_channel;
channel_type = local->tmp_channel_type;
local->hw.conf.flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_OFFCHANNEL;
} else {
chan = local->oper_channel;
channel_type = local->_oper_channel_type;
local->hw.conf.flags &= ~IEEE80211_CONF_OFFCHANNEL;
}
if (chan != local->hw.conf.channel ||