mac80211: deprecate RX status noise
The noise value as is won't be used, isn't
filled by most drivers and doesn't really
make a whole lot of sense on a per packet
basis -- proper cfg80211 survey support in
mac80211 will need to be different.
Mark the struct member as deprecated so it
will be removed from drivers.
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 45d7d44..936bc41 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
* @signal: signal strength when receiving this frame, either in dBm, in dB or
* unspecified depending on the hardware capabilities flags
* @IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_*
- * @noise: noise when receiving this frame, in dBm.
+ * @noise: noise when receiving this frame, in dBm (DEPRECATED).
* @antenna: antenna used
* @rate_idx: index of data rate into band's supported rates or MCS index if
* HT rates are use (RX_FLAG_HT)
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@
enum ieee80211_band band;
int freq;
int signal;
- int noise;
+ int noise __deprecated;
int antenna;
int rate_idx;
int flag;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
index d92800b..23e7200 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
STA_FILE(tx_retry_failed, tx_retry_failed, LU);
STA_FILE(tx_retry_count, tx_retry_count, LU);
STA_FILE(last_signal, last_signal, D);
-STA_FILE(last_noise, last_noise, D);
STA_FILE(wep_weak_iv_count, wep_weak_iv_count, LU);
static ssize_t sta_flags_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
@@ -289,7 +288,6 @@
DEBUGFS_ADD(tx_retry_failed);
DEBUGFS_ADD(tx_retry_count);
DEBUGFS_ADD(last_signal);
- DEBUGFS_ADD(last_noise);
DEBUGFS_ADD(wep_weak_iv_count);
DEBUGFS_ADD(ht_capa);
}
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index b5c48de..1da57c8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -178,14 +178,6 @@
pos++;
}
- /* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_ANTNOISE */
- if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_NOISE_DBM) {
- *pos = status->noise;
- rthdr->it_present |=
- cpu_to_le32(1 << IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_ANTNOISE);
- pos++;
- }
-
/* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_LOCK_QUALITY is missing */
/* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_ANTENNA */
@@ -1077,7 +1069,6 @@
sta->rx_fragments++;
sta->rx_bytes += rx->skb->len;
sta->last_signal = status->signal;
- sta->last_noise = status->noise;
/*
* Change STA power saving mode only at the end of a frame
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
index 822d845..2b63590 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@
* @rx_fragments: number of received MPDUs
* @rx_dropped: number of dropped MPDUs from this STA
* @last_signal: signal of last received frame from this STA
- * @last_noise: noise of last received frame from this STA
* @last_seq_ctrl: last received seq/frag number from this STA (per RX queue)
* @tx_filtered_count: number of frames the hardware filtered for this STA
* @tx_retry_failed: number of frames that failed retry
@@ -267,7 +266,6 @@
unsigned long rx_fragments;
unsigned long rx_dropped;
int last_signal;
- int last_noise;
__le16 last_seq_ctrl[NUM_RX_DATA_QUEUES];
/* Updated from TX status path only, no locking requirements */