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/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index a9ddaf6..12d52ce 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -1633,16 +1633,13 @@
{
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
struct ieee80211_local *local = wdev_priv(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
- int i;
+ int i, ret;
- /*
- * This _could_ be supported by providing a hook for
- * drivers for this function, but at this point it
- * doesn't seem worth bothering.
- */
- if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL)
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
+ if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL) {
+ ret = drv_set_bitrate_mask(local, sdata, mask);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS; i++)
sdata->rc_rateidx_mask[i] = mask->control[i].legacy;