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Commit 56007a02 authored by Johannes Berg's avatar Johannes Berg Committed by John W. Linville
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mac80211: wait for beacon before enabling powersave 



Because DTIM information is required for powersave
but is only conveyed in beacons, wait for a beacon
before enabling powersave, and change the way the
information is conveyed to the driver accordingly.

mwl8k doesn't currently seem to implement PS but
requires the DTIM period in a different way; after
talking to Lennert we agreed to just have mwl8k do
the parsing itself in the finalize_join work.

Signed-off-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Acked-by: default avatarLennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
parent c21dbf92

drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-power.c

+1 −1
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@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ int iwl_power_update_mode(struct iwl_priv *priv, bool force) 
			priv->chain_noise_data.state == IWL_CHAIN_NOISE_ALIVE;



	if (priv->vif)

		dtimper = priv->vif->bss_conf.dtim_period;

		dtimper = priv->hw->conf.ps_dtim_period;

	else

		dtimper = 1;

drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c

+9 −5
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@@ -3881,12 +3881,16 @@ static void mwl8k_finalize_join_worker(struct work_struct *work) 
	struct mwl8k_priv *priv =

		container_of(work, struct mwl8k_priv, finalize_join_worker);

	struct sk_buff *skb = priv->beacon_skb;

	struct mwl8k_vif *mwl8k_vif;

	struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt = (void *)skb->data;

	int len = skb->len - offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.beacon.variable);

	const u8 *tim = cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_TIM,

					 mgmt->u.beacon.variable, len);

	int dtim_period = 1;



	mwl8k_vif = mwl8k_first_vif(priv);

	if (mwl8k_vif != NULL)

		mwl8k_cmd_finalize_join(priv->hw, skb->data, skb->len,

					mwl8k_vif->vif->bss_conf.dtim_period);

	if (tim && tim[1] >= 2)

		dtim_period = tim[3];



	mwl8k_cmd_finalize_join(priv->hw, skb->data, skb->len, dtim_period);



	dev_kfree_skb(skb);

	priv->beacon_skb = NULL;

drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251.h

+0 −3
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@@ -341,9 +341,6 @@ struct wl1251 { 
	/* Are we currently scanning */

	bool scanning;



	/* Our association ID */

	u16 aid;



	/* Default key (for WEP) */

	u32 default_key;

drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c

+7 −18
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@@ -617,10 +617,13 @@ static int wl1251_op_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed) 


		wl->psm_requested = true;



		wl->dtim_period = conf->ps_dtim_period;



		ret = wl1251_acx_wr_tbtt_and_dtim(wl, wl->beacon_int,

						  wl->dtim_period);



		/*

		 * We enter PSM only if we're already associated.

		 * If we're not, we'll enter it when joining an SSID,

		 * through the bss_info_changed() hook.

		 * mac80211 enables PSM only if we're already associated.

		 */

		ret = wl1251_ps_set_mode(wl, STATION_POWER_SAVE_MODE);

		if (ret < 0)
@@ -943,7 +946,6 @@ static void wl1251_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, 
				       struct ieee80211_bss_conf *bss_conf,

				       u32 changed)

{

	enum wl1251_cmd_ps_mode mode;

	struct wl1251 *wl = hw->priv;

	struct sk_buff *beacon, *skb;

	int ret;
@@ -984,11 +986,6 @@ static void wl1251_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, 
	if (changed & BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC) {

		if (bss_conf->assoc) {

			wl->beacon_int = bss_conf->beacon_int;

			wl->dtim_period = bss_conf->dtim_period;



			ret = wl1251_acx_wr_tbtt_and_dtim(wl, wl->beacon_int,

							  wl->dtim_period);

			wl->aid = bss_conf->aid;



			skb = ieee80211_pspoll_get(wl->hw, wl->vif);

			if (!skb)
@@ -1001,17 +998,9 @@ static void wl1251_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, 
			if (ret < 0)

				goto out_sleep;



			ret = wl1251_acx_aid(wl, wl->aid);

			ret = wl1251_acx_aid(wl, bss_conf->aid);

			if (ret < 0)

				goto out_sleep;



			/* If we want to go in PSM but we're not there yet */

			if (wl->psm_requested && !wl->psm) {

				mode = STATION_POWER_SAVE_MODE;

				ret = wl1251_ps_set_mode(wl, mode);

				if (ret < 0)

					goto out_sleep;

			}

		} else {

			/* use defaults when not associated */

			wl->beacon_int = WL1251_DEFAULT_BEACON_INT;

include/net/mac80211.h

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@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ enum ieee80211_bss_change { 
 * @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

 * @dtim_period: num of beacons before the next DTIM, for beaconing,

 *	not valid in station mode (cf. hw conf ps_dtim_period)

 * @timestamp: beacon timestamp

 * @beacon_int: beacon interval

 * @assoc_capability: capabilities taken from assoc resp
@@ -648,6 +649,9 @@ enum ieee80211_smps_mode { 
 *	value will be only achievable between DTIM frames, the hardware

 *	needs to check for the multicast traffic bit in DTIM beacons.

 *	This variable is valid only when the CONF_PS flag is set.

 * @ps_dtim_period: The DTIM period of the AP we're connected to, for use

 *	in power saving. Power saving will not be enabled until a beacon

 *	has been received and the DTIM period is known.

 * @dynamic_ps_timeout: The dynamic powersave timeout (in ms), see the

 *	powersave documentation below. This variable is valid only when

 *	the CONF_PS flag is set.
@@ -674,6 +678,7 @@ struct ieee80211_conf { 
	int max_sleep_period;



	u16 listen_interval;

	u8 ps_dtim_period;



	u8 long_frame_max_tx_count, short_frame_max_tx_count;