iwlwifi: split adding broadcast station from others
In preparation for some station management changes we split the addition of
a broadcast station from the other stations. Later we will rely on mac80211
to direct all management (addition/removal) of all stations except the
broadcast station.
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
index dc74c16..ce1ceac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-sta.c
@@ -1030,6 +1030,68 @@
EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_rxon_add_station);
/**
+ * iwl_sta_init_bcast_lq - Initialize a bcast station's hardware rate table
+ *
+ * NOTE: Run REPLY_ADD_STA command to set up station table entry, before
+ * calling this function (which runs REPLY_TX_LINK_QUALITY_CMD,
+ * which requires station table entry to exist).
+ */
+static void iwl_sta_init_bcast_lq(struct iwl_priv *priv)
+{
+ int i, r;
+ struct iwl_link_quality_cmd link_cmd = {
+ .reserved1 = 0,
+ };
+ u32 rate_flags;
+
+ /* Set up the rate scaling to start at selected rate, fall back
+ * all the way down to 1M in IEEE order, and then spin on 1M */
+ if (priv->band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ)
+ r = IWL_RATE_6M_INDEX;
+ else
+ r = IWL_RATE_1M_INDEX;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < LINK_QUAL_MAX_RETRY_NUM; i++) {
+ rate_flags = 0;
+ if (r >= IWL_FIRST_CCK_RATE && r <= IWL_LAST_CCK_RATE)
+ rate_flags |= RATE_MCS_CCK_MSK;
+
+ rate_flags |= first_antenna(priv->hw_params.valid_tx_ant) <<
+ RATE_MCS_ANT_POS;
+
+ link_cmd.rs_table[i].rate_n_flags =
+ iwl_hw_set_rate_n_flags(iwl_rates[r].plcp, rate_flags);
+ r = iwl_get_prev_ieee_rate(r);
+ }
+
+ link_cmd.general_params.single_stream_ant_msk =
+ first_antenna(priv->hw_params.valid_tx_ant);
+ link_cmd.general_params.dual_stream_ant_msk = 3;
+ link_cmd.agg_params.agg_dis_start_th = LINK_QUAL_AGG_DISABLE_START_DEF;
+ link_cmd.agg_params.agg_time_limit =
+ cpu_to_le16(LINK_QUAL_AGG_TIME_LIMIT_DEF);
+
+ /* Update the rate scaling for control frame Tx to AP */
+ link_cmd.sta_id = priv->hw_params.bcast_sta_id;
+
+ iwl_send_cmd_pdu_async(priv, REPLY_TX_LINK_QUALITY_CMD,
+ sizeof(link_cmd), &link_cmd, NULL);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * iwl_add_bcast_station - add broadcast station into station table.
+ */
+void iwl_add_bcast_station(struct iwl_priv *priv)
+{
+ iwl_add_station(priv, iwl_bcast_addr, false, CMD_SYNC, NULL);
+
+ /* Set up default rate scaling table in device's station table */
+ iwl_sta_init_bcast_lq(priv);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_add_bcast_station);
+
+/**
* iwl_get_sta_id - Find station's index within station table
*
* If new IBSS station, create new entry in station table