[MAC80211]: implement ERP info change notifications
zd1211rw and bcm43xx are interested in being notified when ERP IE conditions
change, so that they can reprogram a register which affects how control frames
are transmitted.
This patch adds an interface similar to the one that can be found in softmac.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
index 8292431..1fde214 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
@@ -1054,17 +1054,21 @@
break;
case PRISM2_PARAM_CTS_PROTECT_ERP_FRAMES:
- if (sdata->type != IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP)
+ if (sdata->type == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP) {
+ sdata->use_protection = !!value;
+ ieee80211_erp_info_change_notify(dev, IEEE80211_ERP_CHANGE_PROTECTION);
+ } else {
ret = -ENOENT;
- else
- sdata->use_protection = value;
+ }
break;
case PRISM2_PARAM_PREAMBLE:
- if (sdata->type != IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP)
+ if (sdata->type != IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP) {
+ sdata->short_preamble = !!value;
+ ieee80211_erp_info_change_notify(dev, IEEE80211_ERP_CHANGE_PREAMBLE);
+ } else {
ret = -ENOENT;
- else
- sdata->short_preamble = value;
+ }
break;
case PRISM2_PARAM_STAT_TIME: