mac80211: pass dtim_period to low level driver
This patch adds the dtim_period in ieee80211_bss_conf, this allows the low
level driver to know the dtim_period, and to plan power save accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/ieee80211.h b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
index a1630ba..7f4df7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ieee80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/ieee80211.h
@@ -506,6 +506,19 @@
u8 count;
} __attribute__ ((packed));
+/**
+ * struct ieee80211_tim
+ *
+ * This structure refers to "Traffic Indication Map information element"
+ */
+struct ieee80211_tim_ie {
+ u8 dtim_count;
+ u8 dtim_period;
+ u8 bitmap_ctrl;
+ /* variable size: 1 - 251 bytes */
+ u8 virtual_map[0];
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
struct ieee80211_mgmt {
__le16 frame_control;
__le16 duration;
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index b527210..9d99f2e 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -177,9 +177,10 @@
* @aid: association ID number, valid only when @assoc is true
* @use_cts_prot: use CTS protection
* @use_short_preamble: use 802.11b short preamble
+ * @dtim_period: num of beacons before the next DTIM, for PSM
* @timestamp: beacon timestamp
* @beacon_int: beacon interval
- * @assoc_capability: capabbilities taken from assoc resp
+ * @assoc_capability: capabilities taken from assoc resp
* @assoc_ht: association in HT mode
* @ht_conf: ht capabilities
* @ht_bss_conf: ht extended capabilities
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@
/* erp related data */
bool use_cts_prot;
bool use_short_preamble;
+ u8 dtim_period;
u16 beacon_int;
u16 assoc_capability;
u64 timestamp;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index a2e200f..ec59345 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
u8 ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN];
+ u8 dtim_period;
u16 capability; /* host byte order */
enum ieee80211_band band;
int freq;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index acb0413..591e633 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@
/* set timing information */
sdata->bss_conf.beacon_int = bss->beacon_int;
sdata->bss_conf.timestamp = bss->timestamp;
+ sdata->bss_conf.dtim_period = bss->dtim_period;
changed |= ieee80211_handle_bss_capability(sdata, bss);
@@ -2688,6 +2689,16 @@
bss->beacon_int = le16_to_cpu(mgmt->u.beacon.beacon_int);
bss->capability = le16_to_cpu(mgmt->u.beacon.capab_info);
+ if (elems->tim) {
+ struct ieee80211_tim_ie *tim_ie =
+ (struct ieee80211_tim_ie *)elems->tim;
+ bss->dtim_period = tim_ie->dtim_period;
+ }
+
+ /* set default value for buggy APs */
+ if (!elems->tim || bss->dtim_period == 0)
+ bss->dtim_period = 1;
+
bss->supp_rates_len = 0;
if (elems->supp_rates) {
clen = IEEE80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES - bss->supp_rates_len;