The mac80211 subsystem

Table of Contents

I. The basic mac80211 driver interface

1. Basic hardware handling

struct ieee80211_hw — hardware information and state

enum ieee80211_hw_flags — hardware flags

SET_IEEE80211_DEV — set device for 802.11 hardware

SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR — set the permanent MAC address for 802.11 hardware

struct ieee80211_ops — callbacks from mac80211 to the driver

ieee80211_alloc_hw — Allocate a new hardware device

ieee80211_register_hw — Register hardware device

ieee80211_unregister_hw — Unregister a hardware device

ieee80211_free_hw — free hardware descriptor

2. PHY configuration

struct ieee80211_conf — configuration of the device

enum ieee80211_conf_flags — configuration flags

3. Virtual interfaces

struct ieee80211_vif — per-interface data

4. Receive and transmit processing

what should be here

Frame format

Packet alignment

Calling into mac80211 from interrupts

functions/definitions

5. Frame filtering

enum ieee80211_filter_flags — hardware filter flags

6. The mac80211 workqueue

ieee80211_queue_work — add work onto the mac80211 workqueue

ieee80211_queue_delayed_work — add work onto the mac80211 workqueue

II. Advanced driver interface

7. LED support

ieee80211_get_tx_led_name — get name of TX LED

ieee80211_get_rx_led_name — get name of RX LED

ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name — get name of association LED

ieee80211_get_radio_led_name — get name of radio LED

struct ieee80211_tpt_blink — throughput blink description

enum ieee80211_tpt_led_trigger_flags — throughput trigger flags

ieee80211_create_tpt_led_trigger — create throughput LED trigger

8. Hardware crypto acceleration

enum set_key_cmd — key command

struct ieee80211_key_conf — key information

enum ieee80211_key_flags — key flags

enum ieee80211_tkip_key_type — get tkip key

ieee80211_get_tkip_key — get a TKIP rc4 for skb

ieee80211_key_removed — disable hw acceleration for key

9. Powersave support

10. Beacon filter support

ieee80211_beacon_loss — inform hardware does not receive beacons

11. Multiple queues and QoS support

struct ieee80211_tx_queue_params — transmit queue configuration

12. Access point mode support

ieee80211_get_buffered_bc — accessing buffered broadcast and multicast frames

ieee80211_beacon_get — beacon generation function

13. Supporting multiple virtual interfaces

ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces — iterate active interfaces

ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic — iterate active interfaces

14. Station handling

struct ieee80211_sta — station table entry

enum sta_notify_cmd — sta notify command

ieee80211_find_sta — find a station

ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr — find a station on hardware

ieee80211_sta_block_awake — block station from waking up

15. Hardware scan offload

ieee80211_scan_completed — completed hardware scan

16. Aggregation

TX A-MPDU aggregation

RX A-MPDU aggregation

enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action — A-MPDU actions

17. Spatial Multiplexing Powersave (SMPS)

ieee80211_request_smps — request SM PS transition

enum ieee80211_smps_mode — spatial multiplexing power save mode

III. Rate control interface

18. Rate Control API

ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session — Start a tx Block Ack session.

ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe — low level driver ready to aggregate.

ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session — Stop a Block Ack session.

ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe — low level driver ready to stop aggregate.

enum rate_control_changed — flags to indicate which parameter changed

struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control — rate control information for/from RC algo

rate_control_send_low — helper for drivers for management/no-ack frames

IV. Internals

19. Key handling

Key handling basics

MORE TBD

20. Receive processing

21. Transmit processing

22. Station info handling

Programming information

STA information lifetime rules

23. Aggregation

struct sta_ampdu_mlme — STA aggregation information.

struct tid_ampdu_tx — TID aggregation information (Tx).

struct tid_ampdu_rx — TID aggregation information (Rx).

24. Synchronisation