the device:
- unobscure some of the code by moving it into its own functions
- get rid of some magic numbers
- create similar structure as the reference driver has, this should
make further syncs easier
- The 6000 series WiMAX devices need a separate firmware.
- The b-gen devices are not hooked because the hardware revision type
is not know.
Obtained from: OpenBSD
MFC after: 1 week
beginning with the highest available rate. Currently we always use
54m for the first retry no matter what AMRR has choosen. Fix this
by setting the index to the next lower rate.
Approved by: rpaulo (mentor)
Tested by: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch at gmail.com>
MFC after: 2 weeks
from passive to active scans. Basicly disable it by increasing the
amount packets to be received to an amount which can't be reached
during dwell times.
Approved by: rpaulo (mentor)
MFC after: 3 days
queue length. The default value for this parameter is 50, which is
quite low for many of today's uses and the only way to modify this
parameter right now is to edit if_var.h file. Also add read-only
sysctl with the same name, so that it's possible to retrieve the
current value.
MFC after: 1 month
set, it make sense to actually initialize that array. This fixes some
issues with 4965 adapters where the TX power is crucial.
This got lost somewhere while merging with the OpenBSD code.
Approved by: rpaulo (mentor)
Obtained from: OpenBSD
MFC after: 2 weeks
* Enable DC calibration and crystal calibration on Centrino Advanced-N
6250 parts.
* Workaround for a HW bug (does not affect 4965AGN) that may sporadically
affect latency under some rare circumstances. From a similar commit to
iwlwifi.
* Update sensitivity settings for 5000 series to workaround a performance
bug in the DSP (1000 is not affected so we keep the old values for 5000).
* Update sensitivity settings for 6000 series.
* Set differential gains on 6250 too (but use a 1.0 factor, not 1.5).
* Init OFDM sensitivity with min value (which depends on the chip)
instead of hardcoding it to 90.
* Read calibration version from ROM and set IWN_GP_DRIVER_CALIB_VER6
bit on 6x50 if version >= 6.
Approved by: rpaulo (mentor)
Obtained from: OpenBSD
MFC after: 2 weeks
This framework allows drivers to abstract the rate control algorithm and
just feed the framework with the usable parameters. The rate control
framework will now deal with passing the parameters to the selected
algorithm. Right now we have AMRR (the default) and RSSADAPT but there's
no way to select one with ifconfig, yet.
The objective is to have more rate control algorithms in the net80211
stack so all drivers[0] can use it. Ideally, we'll have the well-known
sample rate control algorithm in the net80211 at some point so all
drivers can use it (not just ath).
[0] all drivers that do rate control in software, that is.
Reviewed by: bschmidt, thompsa, weyongo
MFC after: 1 months
Pass the channel argument as a real argument and not through
RXON. The RXON version seems to have problem with both the older
228.57.2.23 firmware and the latest 228.61.2.24 version resulting
in device initialization errors like:
wpa_supplicant[2928]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
kernel: firmware error log:
kernel: error type = "SYSASSERT" (0x00000005)
kernel: program counter = 0x0000147C
kernel: source line = 0x0000058B
kernel: error data = 0x0000058B00000000
kernel: branch link = 0x0000145A00001492
kernel: interrupt link = 0x000006DE00000000
kernel: time = 7310
...
kernel: iwn0: iwn_config: could not set TX power
kernel: iwn0: iwn_init_locked: could not configure device, error 35
By passing the current channel to hal->set_txpower() the firmware
error is fixed, at least for the 4965 chipset of my Thinkpad and
the ones tested by Bernhard.
Submitted by: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@techwires.net>
Approved by: rpaulo
* new firmware
* untested support for 1000 and 6000 series
* bgscan support
* remove unnecessary RXON changes
* allow setting of country/regdomain by enforcing channel flags read
from the EEPROM
* suspend/resume fixes
* RF kill switch fixes
* LED adjustments
* several bus_dma*() related fixes
* addressed some LORs
* many other bug fixes
Submitted by: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt at techwires.net>
Obtained from: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch at gmail dot com> (LED
related changes), Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk at mit dot edu>
(LOR fixes), OpenBSD
* iwnfw has now been split into individual modules so autoloading of
firmware module(s) does work again.
* Changes have been made to RUN -> AUTH transition, this should fix the
issue reported by Glen and others.
* Brandon reported issues in iwn_cmd() with large commands, those have
been fixed to.
* DEAUTH is now handled correctly.
Submitted by: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt at techwires.net>
o replace DLT_IEEE802_11 support in net80211 with DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO
and remove explicit bpf support from wireless drivers; drivers now
use ieee80211_radiotap_attach to setup shared data structures that
hold the radiotap header for each packet tx/rx
o remove rx timestamp from the rx path; it was used only by the tdma support
for debugging and was mostly useless due to it being 32-bits and mostly
unavailable
o track DLT_IEEE80211_RADIO bpf attachments and maintain per-vap and
per-com state when there are active taps
o track the number of monitor mode vaps
o use bpf tap and monitor mode vap state to decide when to collect radiotap
state and dispatch frames; drivers no longer explicitly directly check
bpf state or use bpf calls to tap frames
o handle radiotap state updates on channel change in net80211; drivers
should not do this (unless they bypass net80211 which is almost always
a mistake)
o update various drivers to be more consistent/correct in handling radiotap
o update ral to include TSF in radiotap'd frames
o add promisc mode callback to wi
Reviewed by: cbzimmer, rpaulo, thompsa
sleepable context for net80211 driver callbacks. This removes the need for USB
and firmware based drivers to roll their own code to defer the chip programming
for state changes, scan requests, channel changes and mcast/promisc updates.
When a driver callback completes the hardware state is now guaranteed to have
been updated and is in sync with net80211 layer.
This nukes around 1300 lines of code from the wireless device drivers making
them more readable and less race prone.
The net80211 layer has been updated as follows
- all state/channel changes are serialised on the taskqueue.
- ieee80211_new_state() always queues and can now be called from any context
- scanning runs from a single taskq function and executes to completion. driver
callbacks are synchronous so the channel, phy mode and rx filters are
guaranteed to be set in hardware before probe request frames are
transmitted.
Help and contributions from Sam Leffler.
Reviewed by: sam
o call ieee80211_encap in ieee80211_start so frames passed down to drivers
are already encapsulated
o remove ieee80211_encap calls in drivers
o fixup wi so it recreates the 802.3 head it requires from the 802.11
header contents
o move fast-frame aggregation from ath to net80211 (conditional on
IEEE80211_SUPPORT_SUPERG):
- aggregation is now done in ieee80211_start; it is enabled when the
packets/sec exceeds ieee80211_ffppsmin (net.wlan.ffppsmin) and frames
are held on a staging queue according to ieee80211_ffagemax
(net.wlan.ffagemax) to wait for a frame to combine with
- drivers must call back to age/flush the staging queue (ath does this
on tx done, at swba, and on rx according to the state of the tx queues
and/or the contents of the staging queue)
- remove fast-frame-related data structures from ath
- add ieee80211_ff_node_init and ieee80211_ff_node_cleanup to handle
per-node fast-frames state (we reuse 11n tx ampdu state)
o change ieee80211_encap calling convention to include an explicit vap
so frames coming through a WDS vap are recognized w/o setting M_WDS
With these changes any device able to tx/rx 3Kbyte+ frames can use fast-frames.
Reviewed by: thompsa, rpaulo, avatar, imp, sephe
o remove ic_myaddr from ieee80211com
o change ieee80211_ifattach to take the mac address of the physical device
and use that to setup the lladdr.
o replace all references to ic_myaddr in drivers by IF_LLADDR
o related cleanups (e.g. kill dead code)
PR: kern/133178
Reviewed by: thompsa, rpaulo
in sta and adhoc modes; this should've been done forever ago as most all
drivers use this hook to set per-station transmit parameters such as for
tx rate control
o adjust drivers to remove explicit calls to the driver newassoc method
some longstanding issues:
o pass the vap since it's now the "coin of the realm" and required
to do things like set initial tx parameters in private node
state for use prior to association
o pass the mac address as cards that maintain outboard station
tables require this to create an entry (e.g. in ibss mode)
o remove the node table reference, we only have one node table
and it's unlikely this will change so this is not needed to
find the com structure
context, where the iwn mutex is being held, and
iwn_start assumes that we do not have that mutex held.
Resolve this issue with what we do for other NICs by
splitting the iwn_start procedure into two parts,
iwn_start() do the locking, and iwn_start_locked()
assumes that the mutex is being held. This resolves
panic when WITNESS is enabled.
o add IEEE80211_C_STA capability to indicate sta mode is supported
(was previously assumed) and mark drivers as capable
o add ieee80211_opcap array to map an opmode to the equivalent capability bit
o move IEEE80211_C_OPMODE definition to where capabilities are defined so it's
clear it should be kept in sync (on future additions)
o check device capabilities in clone create before trying to create a vap;
this makes driver checks unneeded
o make error codes return on failed clone request unique
o temporarily add console printfs on clone request failures to aid in
debugging; these will move under DIAGNOSTIC or similar before release
- Limit grabbing the lock to SIOCSIFFLAGS.
- Move ieee80211_start_all() to SIOCSIFFLAGS.
- Remove SIOCSIFMEDIA as it is not useful.
- Limit ether_ioctl to only SIOCGIFADDR. SIOCSIFADDR and SIOCSIFMTU have no
affect as there is no input/output path in the vap parent. The vap code
will handle the reinit of the mac address changes.
- Split off ndis_ioctl_80211 as it was getting too different to wired devices.
This fixes a copyout while locked and a lock recursion.
Reviewed by: sam