kernel.git/net/mac80211/scan.c, branch linux-2.6.36.y

mac80211: fix scan locking wrt. hw scan

2010-08-04T19:27:36Z

Releasing the scan mutex while starting scans can lead to unexpected things happening, so we shouldn't do that. Fix that and hold the mutex across the scan triggering. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: allow drivers to request DTIM period

2010-07-29T16:55:00Z

Some features require knowing the DTIM period before associating. This implements the ability to wait for a beacon in mac80211 before assoc to provide this value. It is optional since most likely not all drivers will need this. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

Revert "mac80211: fix sw scan bracketing"

2010-07-28T20:24:02Z

This reverts this commit. While in theory the change is correct the patch does not address current assumptions made by some drivers, one which is definitley affected is ath9k. Prior to this change the scan complete callback would be called after we returned to the home channel and configured the hardware RX filters. After this change we call the scan complete callback prior to both the hw config and the config filter. At least for ath9k this breaks quite a few assumptions on the callback, leading to disconnects to the AP after every scan making the driver pretty useless on STA mode. The goal behind this commit was to address the now understood spurious warnings from ath9k and mac80211_hwsim on scanning on two wiphys at the same time but we have now supressed these and will address this issue in the next kernel release. When fixing this for good next we must first review the other driver's dependence on this logic and perhaps consider removal of the scan complete callback all together. Cc: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: Fix compile warning in scan.c.

2010-06-21T19:39:59Z

Fix the following compile warning: CC [M] net/mac80211/scan.o net/mac80211/scan.c: In function 'ieee80211_request_internal_scan': net/mac80211/scan.c:749:23: warning: comparison between 'enum nl80211_band' and 'enum ieee80211_band' caused by the local variable band not being of the proper 'ieee80211_band' type. Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: fix sw scan bracketing

2010-06-18T19:11:14Z

Currently, detection in hwsim and ath9k can detect that two sw scans are in flight at the same time, which isn't really true. It is caused by a race condition, because the scan complete callback is called too late, after the lock has been dropped, so that a new scan can be started before it is called. It is also called too early semantically, as it is currently called _after_ the return to the operating channel -- it should be before so that drivers know this is the operating channel again. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6

2010-05-21T04:04:44Z

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1674 commits) qlcnic: adding co maintainer ixgbe: add support for active DA cables ixgbe: dcb, do not tag tc_prio_control frames ixgbe: fix ixgbe_tx_is_paused logic ixgbe: always enable vlan strip/insert when DCB is enabled ixgbe: remove some redundant code in setting FCoE FIP filter ixgbe: fix wrong offset to fc_frame_header in ixgbe_fcoe_ddp ixgbe: fix header len when unsplit packet overflows to data buffer ipv6: Never schedule DAD timer on dead address ipv6: Use POSTDAD state ipv6: Use state_lock to protect ifa state ipv6: Replace inet6_ifaddr->dead with state cxgb4: notify upper drivers if the device is already up when they load cxgb4: keep interrupts available when the ports are brought down cxgb4: fix initial addition of MAC address cnic: Return SPQ credit to bnx2x after ring setup and shutdown. cnic: Convert cnic_local_flags to atomic ops. can: Fix SJA1000 command register writes on SMP systems bridge: fix build for CONFIG_SYSFS disabled ARCNET: Limit com20020 PCI ID matches for SOHARD cards ... Fix up various conflicts with pcmcia tree drivers/net/ {pcmcia/3c589_cs.c, wireless/orinoco/orinoco_cs.c and wireless/orinoco/spectrum_cs.c} and feature removal (Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt). Also fix a non-content conflict due to pm_qos_requirement getting renamed in the PM tree (now pm_qos_request) in net/mac80211/scan.c

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem

2010-05-05T20:14:16Z

Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/cmd.c drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/main.c

mac80211: improve IBSS scanning

2010-05-03T18:53:10Z

When IBSS is fixed to a frequency, it can still scan to try to find the right BSSID. This makes sense if the BSSID isn't also fixed, but it need not scan all channels -- just one is sufficient. Make it do that by moving the scan setup code to ieee80211_request_internal_scan() and include a channel variable setting. Note that this can be further improved to start the IBSS right away if both frequency and BSSID are fixed. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: do not wip out old supported rates

2010-04-28T20:50:28Z

Use old supported rates, if AP do not provide supported rates information element in a new managment frame. Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: give virtual interface to hw_scan

2010-04-27T20:09:23Z

When scanning, it is somewhat important to scan on the correct virtual interface. All drivers that currently implement hw_scan only support a single virtual interface, but that may change and then we'd want to be ready. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville