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authorTeemu Paasikivi <ext-teemu.3.paasikivi@nokia.com>2010-06-14 12:55:31 +0300
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-06-14 15:39:34 -0400
commitfbd2c8dcbc69616d2e15b8a269a86b3a05d45aea (patch)
tree4ae08bd02d5e0d317828300f3255824df732e4b3 /net/wireless
parent7b9a4b001971c89f35d55180867753a612d17458 (diff)
mac80211: Set basic rates while joining ibss network
This patch adds support to nl80211 and mac80211 to set basic rates when joining/creating ibss network. Original patch was posted by Johannes Berg on the linux-wireless posting list. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Teemu Paasikivi <ext-teemu.3.paasikivi@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c49
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index c65e67e9231c..41529aca794c 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -3955,6 +3955,55 @@ static int nl80211_join_ibss(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
}
}
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES]) {
+ u8 *rates =
+ nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES]);
+ int n_rates =
+ nla_len(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES]);
+ struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband =
+ wiphy->bands[ibss.channel->band];
+ int i, j;
+
+ if (n_rates == 0) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < n_rates; i++) {
+ int rate = (rates[i] & 0x7f) * 5;
+ bool found = false;
+
+ for (j = 0; j < sband->n_bitrates; j++) {
+ if (sband->bitrates[j].bitrate == rate) {
+ found = true;
+ ibss.basic_rates |= BIT(j);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (!found) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ }
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * If no rates were explicitly configured,
+ * use the mandatory rate set for 11b or
+ * 11a for maximum compatibility.
+ */
+ struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband =
+ wiphy->bands[ibss.channel->band];
+ int j;
+ u32 flag = ibss.channel->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ ?
+ IEEE80211_RATE_MANDATORY_A :
+ IEEE80211_RATE_MANDATORY_B;
+
+ for (j = 0; j < sband->n_bitrates; j++) {
+ if (sband->bitrates[j].flags & flag)
+ ibss.basic_rates |= BIT(j);
+ }
+ }
+
err = cfg80211_join_ibss(rdev, dev, &ibss, connkeys);
out: