mac80211: explicitly disable/enable QoS
Add interface to disable/enable QoS (aka WMM or WME). Currently drivers
enable it explicitly when ->conf_tx method is called, and newer disable.
Disabling is needed for some APs, which do not support QoS, such
we should send QoS frames to them.
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index ecaae10..dcf3c5f 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -587,11 +587,15 @@
* may turn the device off as much as possible. Typically, this flag will
* be set when an interface is set UP but not associated or scanning, but
* it can also be unset in that case when monitor interfaces are active.
+ * @IEEE80211_CONF_QOS: Enable 802.11e QoS also know as WMM (Wireless
+ * Multimedia). On some drivers (iwlwifi is one of know) we have
+ * to enable/disable QoS explicitly.
*/
enum ieee80211_conf_flags {
IEEE80211_CONF_MONITOR = (1<<0),
IEEE80211_CONF_PS = (1<<1),
IEEE80211_CONF_IDLE = (1<<2),
+ IEEE80211_CONF_QOS = (1<<3),
};
@@ -616,6 +620,7 @@
IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL = BIT(6),
IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RETRY_LIMITS = BIT(7),
IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_IDLE = BIT(8),
+ IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_QOS = BIT(9),
};
/**