mac80211: Add new API for rate selection
This patch adds a new API for setting a TX rate mask in
drivers that have rate control in either the firmware or hardware.
This can be used for various purposes, for example, masking out the
11b rates in P2P operation.
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
index 00a0685..2ddb56e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
@@ -565,4 +565,22 @@
return ret;
}
+
+static inline int drv_set_bitrate_mask(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+ struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+ const struct cfg80211_bitrate_mask *mask)
+{
+ int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ might_sleep();
+
+ trace_drv_set_bitrate_mask(local, sdata, mask);
+ if (local->ops->set_bitrate_mask)
+ ret = local->ops->set_bitrate_mask(&local->hw,
+ &sdata->vif, mask);
+ trace_drv_return_int(local, ret);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
#endif /* __MAC80211_DRIVER_OPS */