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 <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 5fcc4c1..f13c378 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -706,11 +706,16 @@
*
* @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;