mac80211: fix short slot handling
This patch makes mac80211 handle short slot requests from the AP
properly. Also warn about uses of IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME
and optimise out the code since it cannot ever be hit anyway.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 2fab5a7..d1466e7 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -180,8 +180,12 @@
* @assoc: association status
* @aid: association ID number, valid only when @assoc is true
* @use_cts_prot: use CTS protection
- * @use_short_preamble: use 802.11b short preamble
- * @use_short_slot: use short slot time (only relevant for ERP)
+ * @use_short_preamble: use 802.11b short preamble;
+ * if the hardware cannot handle this it must set the
+ * IEEE80211_HW_2GHZ_SHORT_PREAMBLE_INCAPABLE hardware flag
+ * @use_short_slot: use short slot time (only relevant for ERP);
+ * if the hardware cannot handle this it must set the
+ * IEEE80211_HW_2GHZ_SHORT_SLOT_INCAPABLE hardware flag
* @dtim_period: num of beacons before the next DTIM, for PSM
* @timestamp: beacon timestamp
* @beacon_int: beacon interval
@@ -442,23 +446,23 @@
*
* Flags to define PHY configuration options
*
- * @IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME: use 802.11g short slot time
* @IEEE80211_CONF_RADIOTAP: add radiotap header at receive time (if supported)
* @IEEE80211_CONF_SUPPORT_HT_MODE: use 802.11n HT capabilities (if supported)
* @IEEE80211_CONF_PS: Enable 802.11 power save mode
*/
enum ieee80211_conf_flags {
- /*
- * TODO: IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME will be removed once drivers
- * have been converted to use bss_info_changed() for slot time
- * configuration
- */
- IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME = (1<<0),
- IEEE80211_CONF_RADIOTAP = (1<<1),
- IEEE80211_CONF_SUPPORT_HT_MODE = (1<<2),
- IEEE80211_CONF_PS = (1<<3),
+ IEEE80211_CONF_RADIOTAP = (1<<0),
+ IEEE80211_CONF_SUPPORT_HT_MODE = (1<<1),
+ IEEE80211_CONF_PS = (1<<2),
};
+/* XXX: remove all this once drivers stop trying to use it */
+static inline int __deprecated __IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME(void)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#define IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME (__IEEE80211_CONF_SHORT_SLOT_TIME())
+
/**
* struct ieee80211_conf - configuration of the device
*