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mac80211 subsystem (basics)
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===========================
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You should read and understand the information contained within this
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part of the book while implementing a mac80211 driver. In some chapters,
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advanced usage is noted, those may be skipped if this isn't needed.
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This part of the book only covers station and monitor mode
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functionality, additional information required to implement the other
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modes is covered in the second part of the book.
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Basic hardware handling
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TBD
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This chapter shall contain information on getting a hw struct allocated
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and registered with mac80211.
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Since it is required to allocate rates/modes before registering a hw
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struct, this chapter shall also contain information on setting up the
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rate/mode structs.
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Additionally, some discussion about the callbacks and the general
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programming model should be in here, including the definition of
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ieee80211_ops which will be referred to a lot.
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Finally, a discussion of hardware capabilities should be done with
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references to other parts of the book.
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.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
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:functions:
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ieee80211_hw
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ieee80211_hw_flags
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SET_IEEE80211_DEV
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SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR
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ieee80211_ops
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ieee80211_alloc_hw
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ieee80211_register_hw
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ieee80211_unregister_hw
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ieee80211_free_hw
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PHY configuration
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=================
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TBD
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This chapter should describe PHY handling including start/stop callbacks
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and the various structures used.
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.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
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:functions:
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ieee80211_conf
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ieee80211_conf_flags
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Virtual interfaces
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==================
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TBD
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This chapter should describe virtual interface basics that are relevant
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to the driver (VLANs, MGMT etc are not.) It should explain the use of
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the add_iface/remove_iface callbacks as well as the interface
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configuration callbacks.
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Things related to AP mode should be discussed there.
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Things related to supporting multiple interfaces should be in the
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appropriate chapter, a BIG FAT note should be here about this though and
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the recommendation to allow only a single interface in STA mode at
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first!
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.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
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:functions: ieee80211_vif
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Receive and transmit processing
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what should be here
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TBD
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This should describe the receive and transmit paths in mac80211/the
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drivers as well as transmit status handling.
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Frame format
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.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
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:doc: Frame format
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Packet alignment
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.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/rx.c
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:doc: Packet alignment
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Calling into mac80211 from interrupts
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.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
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:doc: Calling mac80211 from interrupts
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functions/definitions
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---------------------
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.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
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:functions:
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ieee80211_rx_status
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mac80211_rx_encoding_flags
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mac80211_rx_flags
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mac80211_tx_info_flags
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mac80211_tx_control_flags
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mac80211_rate_control_flags
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ieee80211_tx_rate
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ieee80211_tx_info
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ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status
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ieee80211_rx
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ieee80211_rx_ni
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ieee80211_rx_irqsafe
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ieee80211_tx_status
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ieee80211_tx_status_ni
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ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe
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ieee80211_rts_get
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ieee80211_rts_duration
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ieee80211_ctstoself_get
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ieee80211_ctstoself_duration
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ieee80211_generic_frame_duration
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ieee80211_wake_queue
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ieee80211_stop_queue
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ieee80211_wake_queues
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ieee80211_stop_queues
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ieee80211_queue_stopped
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Frame filtering
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===============
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.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
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:doc: Frame filtering
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.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
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:functions: ieee80211_filter_flags
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The mac80211 workqueue
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======================
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.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
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:doc: mac80211 workqueue
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.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
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:functions:
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ieee80211_queue_work
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ieee80211_queue_delayed_work
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