From: Johannes Berg Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:51:05 +0000 (+0100) Subject: mac80211: allow driver to ask for a rate control algorithm X-Git-Tag: v2.6.24-rc3~155^2~16 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=830f903866a1611e9ce53f3e35202302bb938946;p=linux-2.6 mac80211: allow driver to ask for a rate control algorithm This allows a driver to ask for a specific rate control algorithm. The rate control algorithm asked for must be registered and be available as a module or built-in. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 5fcc4c1043..f13c378fde 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -706,11 +706,16 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags { * * @queues: number of available hardware transmit queues for * data packets. WMM/QoS requires at least four. + * + * @rate_control_algorithm: rate control algorithm for this hardware. + * If unset (NULL), the default algorithm will be used. Must be + * set before calling ieee80211_register_hw(). */ struct ieee80211_hw { struct ieee80211_conf conf; struct wiphy *wiphy; struct workqueue_struct *workqueue; + const char *rate_control_algorithm; void *priv; u32 flags; unsigned int extra_tx_headroom; diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c index 52ba6ef906..e0ee65a969 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c +++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c @@ -1072,7 +1072,8 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) ieee80211_debugfs_add_netdev(IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(local->mdev)); ieee80211_if_set_type(local->mdev, IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP); - result = ieee80211_init_rate_ctrl_alg(local, NULL); + result = ieee80211_init_rate_ctrl_alg(local, + hw->rate_control_algorithm); if (result < 0) { printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Failed to initialize rate control " "algorithm\n", wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy));