mac80211: A-MPDU Tx add session's and low level driver's API
This patch adds the API for 3 stages in A-MPDU Tx session flow:
- request mac80211 to start/stop A-MPDU Tx session for specific TID. such a
request should be issued by a load aware element, either mac80211 itself
or external element.
- requests by mac80211 to low-level driver to start/stop Tx aggregation.
notice that low level driver responds now with Starting Sequence Number.
- async feedback by low-level to mac80211 to inform that HW is ready for
next A-MPDU Tx state.
Changes in API to Rx A-MPDU were also made, reflected in iwlwifi changes as
well.
Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
index d727de8..cd4f5e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
@@ -4732,7 +4732,7 @@
int iwl4965_mac_ampdu_action(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action action,
- const u8 *addr, u16 tid, u16 ssn)
+ const u8 *addr, u16 tid, u16 *ssn)
{
struct iwl4965_priv *priv = hw->priv;
int sta_id;
@@ -4744,7 +4744,7 @@
switch (action) {
case IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_START:
IWL_DEBUG_HT("start Rx\n");
- iwl4965_sta_modify_add_ba_tid(priv, sta_id, tid, ssn);
+ iwl4965_sta_modify_add_ba_tid(priv, sta_id, tid, *ssn);
break;
case IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_STOP:
IWL_DEBUG_HT("stop Rx\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.h
index 9cb82be..6edf869 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.h
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@
struct ieee80211_ht_info *sta_ht_inf);
extern int iwl4965_mac_ampdu_action(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action action,
- const u8 *addr, u16 tid, u16 ssn);
+ const u8 *addr, u16 tid, u16 *ssn);
#ifdef CONFIG_IWL4965_HT_AGG
extern int iwl4965_mac_ht_tx_agg_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 *da,
u16 tid, u16 *start_seq_num);