work in FreeBSD.
This is still heavily a work in progress but I'd rather it start
shipping in -HEAD sooner rather than later.
This doesn't (yet) link it into the build system either for a static
kernel or as a module; that will come later (after many, many make universe
tests.)
module; the ath module now brings in the hal support. Kernel
config files are almost backwards compatible; supplying
device ath_hal
gives you the same chip support that the binary hal did but you
must also include
options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
to enable the extended format descriptors used by 11n parts.
It is now possible to control the chip support included in a
build by specifying exactly which chips are to be supported
in the config file; consult ath_hal(4) for information.
o remove os-specific glue code; it's now the responsibility of
the driver
o add wackelf utility for patching the ELF magic number on arm
builds since noone can agree on how to mark a .o file as not
having any floating point instructions
o remove radar/dfs-related entry points; folks have finally
decided how to support dfs w/o polluting the hal
o properly recognize AR2424 chips (they were being rejected on
attach despite being fully supported)
o add HAL_CAP_RXORN_FATAL capability to control how RXORN errors
are handled; previously RXORN was always treated as fatal because
older chips required a reset; now we do not treat it as fatal
for "newer chips" (noone seems to know what the cutoff is so
this capability can be used to override the current guestimate)
o HAL_CAP_RXTSTAMP_PREC capability to export the number of bits
of precision for timestamp data returned in the rx descriptor
o remove public exposure of the compression buffer; it is chip
specific and never belonged in the public view
o change definition of HAL_INT_GLOBAL from an enum member to a
#define to workaround compilers that bitch about enum values
that appear overflow 31 bits
o add support for newer chips that can store the tkip mic key
together with the cipher key in a single key cache entry
o split tx/rx descriptor into a h/w section and a s/w portion;
this permits storing the s/w area in cached memory when the
h/w area is stored in uncached memory; this also shrinks
memory use since only one status block is needed while multiple
tx/rx descriptors may be required per frame
o add final transmit series index to the transmit descriptor status
so rate control algorithms don't need to grovel through h/w state
to find it
o remove ds_vdata field from the descriptor state as part of the
radar changes
o fix excessive stack usage for some 5212 rf backends
o correct rfkill handling when the pin polarity is 0 true
o correct handling of tsf wrap when reading 64-bit values
MFC after: 1 month
part of the hal distribution early on when the hal was built for
each os but it's been portable for a long time so move the os-specific
code out (and off the vendor branch)
o correct the copyright on ah_osdep.?; it was mistakenly given a
restricted license and not a dual-bsd/gpl license
o remove the module api definition as it was never used
o fixup include paths for move of ah_osdep.h
MFC after: 2 weeks
o define HAL_SOFTC, HAL_BUS_TAG, and HAL_BUS_HANDLE to be machine
independent; this fixes portability issues with bsd systems
o add ah_disable api for turning off operation of both MAC and PHY
o add ah_getAntennaSwitch and ah_setAntennaSwitch api's for better control
of antenna usage and diversity
o add ah_setAckCTSRate and ah_setAckCTSRate for controlling tx rate of
h/w generated frames
o add ah_setBeaconTimers api for simpler setting of the beacon timer registers
o remove ah_waitForBeaconDone api
o add HAL_TXDESC_DURENA flag to enable h/w duration setting in tx descriptor
o correct documentation of min/max tx power units (.5 dBm)
o switch arm, mips, and powerpc builds to use functions for register
read/write operations
o fix sparc builds to not reference %g2 and %g3 registers
o add public builds for SoC's
MFC after: 1 month
o new chip support
o new platforms: powerpc-be-elf, sparc64-be-elf, and alpha-elf
(alpha is untested, others are known to work)
o many fixes and improvements
MFC after: 2 weeks
than defaulting the cmode argument to vn_open() to 0. Supply a default
argument of ALQ_DEFAULT_CMODE (0600) in current callers.
Discussed with/pointed out by: hmp
Reveiwed by: jeff, hmp
MFC after: 3 days
[Changes listed only since last public release 0.9.12.14; for changes
prior to that consult the CVS logs at http://madwifi.sourceforge.net]
o reorg directory structure to have a single set of public binary builds
shared by all systems
o support for new parts (all shipping pci/cardbus parts to this date work)
o new capabilities for identifying various chip features
o set/get tx power cap for supporting 802.11h information element
o revised api for set/get tx queue properties
o support for updating CTS in frames when doing packet bursting
o support for querying which tx queues have pending interrupts
o support for 5112 and 2112 radios on 5212-based products
o revised interface for ah_procRxDesc needed to handle a race
condition created with the use of self-linked rx descriptors
o support for setting the MAC address
o remove some unused methods from the public API
o revised diagnostic API (replace dump* methods with getDiagState)
o const'ify set key cache method parameters
o support for optional 32khz sleep clock
o implement ah_setSlotTime for 5211 parts
o ANI improvements for 5212 parts
Approved by: re (scottl)
o change os glue API to be compatible with Linux so hal.o's can
be used on any system
o add ABI version to catch driver-HAL mismatches
o move hal version information from ah_osdep.c to binary component
o remove ath_hal_wait os glue component
o assign constant values to all enums to avoid potential compiler
incompatibilities
o add support for 3Com badged cards (PCI vendor ID)
o add support for IBM mini-pci cards (PCI device ID)
o expose MAC, PHY, and radio hardware revisions
o support for big-endian platforms
o new method to set slot time in us
o bug fix for 5211: beacon timers not setup correctly
o bug fix for 5212: don't crash when handed a 5112 radio
o correct BSSID setup in ah_writeAssocid for 5211 and 5212 (fixes
reception of broadcast frames after association)
o correct transmit retry counts returned by 5211 in ah_procTxDesc
o add missing regulatory domain support that caused use of 11b channels to be
disallowed with some cards (e.g. mini-pci cards in certain IBM laptops)
o miscellaneous fixes to regulatory domain support
o increase size of 5212 ANI table to avoid overflow
o add monitor mode
o remove OS_QSORT support
o fix handling of HAL_RXDESC_INTREQ in ah_setupRxDesc
o rewrite 5212 descriptor handling for portability
o FreeBSD: track alq_open API change
