the scheduled ieee80211 softmac removal

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

16 files changed, 0 insertions, 3662 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index dade1d14f5b..2cf4d7ad7b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -230,14 +230,6 @@ Who:	Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:	ieee80211 softmac wireless networking component
-When:	2.6.26 (or after removal of bcm43xx and port of zd1211rw to mac80211)
-Files:	net/ieee80211/softmac
-Why:	No in-kernel drivers will depend on it any longer.
-Who:	John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:	rc80211-simple rate control algorithm for mac80211
 When:	2.6.26
 Files:	net/mac80211/rc80211-simple.c
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 38b767611bb..b9fc1f620f2 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3548,12 +3548,6 @@ M:	mhoffman@lightlink.com
 L:	lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org
 S:	Maintained
 
-SOFTMAC LAYER (IEEE 802.11)
-P:	Daniel Drake
-M:	dsd@gentoo.org
-L:	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
-S:	Obsolete
-
 SOFTWARE RAID (Multiple Disks) SUPPORT
 P:	Ingo Molnar
 M:	mingo@redhat.com
diff --git a/include/net/ieee80211softmac.h b/include/net/ieee80211softmac.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ef6282fdde..00000000000
--- a/include/net/ieee80211softmac.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,373 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ieee80211softmac.h - public interface to the softmac
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2005 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
- *                    Joseph Jezak <josejx@gentoo.org>
- *                    Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
- *                    Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@gentoo.org>
- *                    Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
- * more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
- *
- * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in the
- * file called COPYING.
- */
-
-#ifndef IEEE80211SOFTMAC_H_
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_H_
-
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/workqueue.h>
-#include <linux/list.h>
-#include <net/ieee80211.h>
-
-/* Once the API is considered more or less stable,
- * this should be incremented on API incompatible changes.
- */
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_API	0
-
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_MAX_RATES_LEN		8
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_MAX_EX_RATES_LEN	255
-
-struct ieee80211softmac_ratesinfo {
-	u8 count;
-	u8 rates[IEEE80211SOFTMAC_MAX_RATES_LEN + IEEE80211SOFTMAC_MAX_EX_RATES_LEN];
-};
-
-/* internal structures */
-struct ieee80211softmac_network;
-struct ieee80211softmac_scaninfo;
-
-struct ieee80211softmac_essid {
-	u8 len;
-	char data[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE+1];
-};
-
-struct ieee80211softmac_wpa {
-	char *IE;
-	int IElen;
-	int IEbuflen;
-};
-
-/*
- * Information about association
- */
-struct ieee80211softmac_assoc_info {
-
-	struct mutex mutex;
-
-	/*
-	 * This is the requested ESSID. It is written
-	 * only by the WX handlers.
-	 *
-	 */
-	struct ieee80211softmac_essid req_essid;
-	/*
-	 * the ESSID of the network we're currently
-	 * associated (or trying) to. This is
-	 * updated to the network's actual ESSID
-	 * even if the requested ESSID was 'ANY'
-	 */
-	struct ieee80211softmac_essid associate_essid;
-	
-	/* BSSID we're trying to associate to */
-	char bssid[ETH_ALEN];
-	
-	/* some flags.
-	 * static_essid is valid if the essid is constant,
-	 * this is for use by the wx handlers only.
-	 *
-	 * associating is true, if the network has been
-	 * auth'ed on and we are in the process of associating.
-	 *
-	 * bssvalid is true if we found a matching network
-	 * and saved it's BSSID into the bssid above.
-	 *
-	 * bssfixed is used for SIOCSIWAP.
-	 */
-	u8 static_essid;
-	u8 short_preamble_available;
-	u8 associating;
-	u8 associated;
-	u8 assoc_wait;
-	u8 bssvalid;
-	u8 bssfixed;
-
-	/* Scan retries remaining */
-	int scan_retry;
-
-	struct delayed_work work;
-	struct delayed_work timeout;
-};
-
-struct ieee80211softmac_bss_info {
-	/* Rates supported by the network */
-	struct ieee80211softmac_ratesinfo supported_rates;
-
-	/* This indicates whether frames can currently be transmitted with
-	 * short preamble (only use this variable during TX at CCK rates) */
-	u8 short_preamble:1;
-
-	/* This indicates whether protection (e.g. self-CTS) should be used
-	 * when transmitting with OFDM modulation */
-	u8 use_protection:1;
-};
-
-enum {
-	IEEE80211SOFTMAC_AUTH_OPEN_REQUEST	= 1,
-	IEEE80211SOFTMAC_AUTH_OPEN_RESPONSE	= 2,
-};
-
-enum {
-	IEEE80211SOFTMAC_AUTH_SHARED_REQUEST	= 1,
-	IEEE80211SOFTMAC_AUTH_SHARED_CHALLENGE = 2,
-	IEEE80211SOFTMAC_AUTH_SHARED_RESPONSE	= 3,
-	IEEE80211SOFTMAC_AUTH_SHARED_PASS	= 4,
-};
-
-/* We should make these tunable
- * AUTH_TIMEOUT seems really long, but that's what it is in BSD */
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_AUTH_TIMEOUT		(12 * HZ)
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_AUTH_RETRY_LIMIT	5
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_ASSOC_SCAN_RETRY_LIMIT	3
-
-struct ieee80211softmac_txrates {
-	/* The Bit-Rate to be used for multicast frames. */
-	u8 mcast_rate;
-
-	/* The Bit-Rate to be used for multicast management frames. */
-	u8 mgt_mcast_rate;
-
-	/* The Bit-Rate to be used for any other (normal) data packet. */
-	u8 default_rate;
-	/* The Bit-Rate to be used for default fallback
-	 * (If the device supports fallback and hardware-retry)
-	 */
-	u8 default_fallback;
-
-	/* This is the rate that the user asked for */
-	u8 user_rate;
-};
-
-/* Bits for txrates_change callback. */
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_TXRATECHG_DEFAULT		(1 << 0) /* default_rate */
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_TXRATECHG_DEFAULT_FBACK	(1 << 1) /* default_fallback */
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_TXRATECHG_MCAST		(1 << 2) /* mcast_rate */
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_TXRATECHG_MGT_MCAST		(1 << 3) /* mgt_mcast_rate */
-
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_BSSINFOCHG_RATES		(1 << 0) /* supported_rates */
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_BSSINFOCHG_SHORT_PREAMBLE	(1 << 1) /* short_preamble */
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_BSSINFOCHG_PROTECTION		(1 << 2) /* use_protection */
-
-struct ieee80211softmac_device {
-	/* 802.11 structure for data stuff */
-	struct ieee80211_device *ieee;
-	struct net_device *dev;
-
-	/* only valid if associated, then holds the Association ID */
-	u16 association_id;
-	
-	/* the following methods are callbacks that the driver
-	 * using this framework has to assign
-	 */
-
-	/* always assign these */
-	void (*set_bssid_filter)(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *bssid);
-	void (*set_channel)(struct net_device *dev, u8 channel);
-
-	/* assign if you need it, informational only */
-	void (*link_change)(struct net_device *dev);
-
-	/* If the hardware can do scanning, assign _all_ three of these callbacks.
-	 * When the scan finishes, call ieee80211softmac_scan_finished().
-	 */
-	
-	/* when called, start_scan is guaranteed to not be called again
-	 * until you call ieee80211softmac_scan_finished.
-	 * Return 0 if scanning could start, error otherwise.
-	 * SOFTMAC AUTHORS: don't call this, use ieee80211softmac_start_scan */
-	int (*start_scan)(struct net_device *dev);
-	/* this should block until after ieee80211softmac_scan_finished was called
-	 * SOFTMAC AUTHORS: don't call this, use ieee80211softmac_wait_for_scan */
-	void (*wait_for_scan)(struct net_device *dev);
-	/* stop_scan aborts a scan, but is asynchronous.
-	 * if you want to wait for it too, use wait_for_scan
-	 * SOFTMAC AUTHORS: don't call this, use ieee80211softmac_stop_scan */
-	void (*stop_scan)(struct net_device *dev);
-
-	/* we'll need something about beacons here too, for AP or ad-hoc modes */
-
-	/* Transmission rates to be used by the driver.
-	 * The SoftMAC figures out the best possible rates.
-	 * The driver just needs to read them.
-	 */
-	struct ieee80211softmac_txrates txrates;
-
-	/* If the driver needs to do stuff on TX rate changes, assign this
-	 * callback. See IEEE80211SOFTMAC_TXRATECHG for change flags. */
-	void (*txrates_change)(struct net_device *dev,
-			       u32 changes);
-
-	/* If the driver needs to do stuff when BSS properties change, assign
-	 * this callback. see IEEE80211SOFTMAC_BSSINFOCHG for change flags. */
-	void (*bssinfo_change)(struct net_device *dev,
-			       u32 changes);
-
-	/* private stuff follows */
-	/* this lock protects this structure */
-	spinlock_t lock;
-
-	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
-
-	u8 running; /* SoftMAC started? */
-	u8 scanning;
-
-	struct ieee80211softmac_scaninfo *scaninfo;
-	struct ieee80211softmac_assoc_info associnfo;
-	struct ieee80211softmac_bss_info bssinfo;
-
-	struct list_head auth_queue;
-	struct list_head events;
-
- 	struct ieee80211softmac_ratesinfo ratesinfo;
-	int txrate_badness;
-	
-	/* WPA stuff */
-	struct ieee80211softmac_wpa wpa;
-
-	/* we need to keep a list of network structs we copied */
-	struct list_head network_list;
-
-	/* This must be the last item so that it points to the data
-	 * allocated beyond this structure by alloc_ieee80211 */
-	u8 priv[0];
-};
-
-extern void ieee80211softmac_scan_finished(struct ieee80211softmac_device *sm);
-
-static inline void * ieee80211softmac_priv(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	return ((struct ieee80211softmac_device *)ieee80211_priv(dev))->priv;
-}
-
-extern struct net_device * alloc_ieee80211softmac(int sizeof_priv);
-extern void free_ieee80211softmac(struct net_device *dev);
-
-/* Call this function if you detect a lost TX fragment.
- * (If the device indicates failure of ACK RX, for example.)
- * It is wise to call this function if you are able to detect lost packets,
- * because it contributes to the TX Rates auto adjustment.
- */
-extern void ieee80211softmac_fragment_lost(struct net_device *dev,
-					   u16 wireless_sequence_number);
-/* Call this function before _start to tell the softmac what rates
- * the hw supports. The rates parameter is copied, so you can
- * free it right after calling this function. 
- * Note that the rates need to be sorted. */
-extern void ieee80211softmac_set_rates(struct net_device *dev, u8 count, u8 *rates);
-
-/* Finds the highest rate which is:
- *  1. Present in ri (optionally a basic rate)
- *  2. Supported by the device
- *  3. Less than or equal to the user-defined rate
- */
-extern u8 ieee80211softmac_highest_supported_rate(struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac,
-	struct ieee80211softmac_ratesinfo *ri, int basic_only);
-
-/* Helper function which advises you the rate at which a frame should be
- * transmitted at. */
-static inline u8 ieee80211softmac_suggest_txrate(struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac,
-						 int is_multicast,
-						 int is_mgt)
-{
-	struct ieee80211softmac_txrates *txrates = &mac->txrates;
-
-	if (!mac->associnfo.associated)
-		return txrates->mgt_mcast_rate;
-
-	/* We are associated, sending unicast frame */
-	if (!is_multicast)
-		return txrates->default_rate;
-
-	/* We are associated, sending multicast frame */
-	if (is_mgt)
-		return txrates->mgt_mcast_rate;
-	else
-		return txrates->mcast_rate;
-}
-
-/* Helper function which advises you when it is safe to transmit with short
- * preamble.
- * You should only call this function when transmitting at CCK rates. */
-static inline int ieee80211softmac_short_preamble_ok(struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac,
-						    int is_multicast,
-						    int is_mgt)
-{
-	return (is_multicast && is_mgt) ? 0 : mac->bssinfo.short_preamble;
-}
-
-/* Helper function which advises you whether protection (e.g. self-CTS) is
- * needed. 1 = protection needed, 0 = no protection needed
- * Only use this function when transmitting with OFDM modulation. */
-static inline int ieee80211softmac_protection_needed(struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac)
-{
-	return mac->bssinfo.use_protection;
-}
-
-/* Start the SoftMAC. Call this after you initialized the device
- * and it is ready to run.
- */
-extern void ieee80211softmac_start(struct net_device *dev);
-/* Stop the SoftMAC. Call this before you shutdown the device. */
-extern void ieee80211softmac_stop(struct net_device *dev);
-
-/*
- * Event system
- */
-
-/* valid event types */
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_ANY			-1 /*private use only*/
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_SCAN_FINISHED		0
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_ASSOCIATED		1
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_ASSOCIATE_FAILED		2
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_ASSOCIATE_TIMEOUT	3
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_AUTHENTICATED		4
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_AUTH_FAILED		5
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_AUTH_TIMEOUT		6
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_ASSOCIATE_NET_NOT_FOUND	7
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_DISASSOCIATED		8
-/* keep this updated! */
-#define IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_LAST			8
-/*
- * If you want to be notified of certain events, you can call
- * ieee80211softmac_notify[_atomic] with
- * 	- event set to one of the constants below
- * 	- fun set to a function pointer of the appropriate type
- *	- context set to the context data you want passed
- * The return value is 0, or an error.
- */
-typedef void (*notify_function_ptr)(struct net_device *dev, int event_type, void *context);
-
-#define ieee80211softmac_notify(dev, event, fun, context) ieee80211softmac_notify_gfp(dev, event, fun, context, GFP_KERNEL);
-#define ieee80211softmac_notify_atomic(dev, event, fun, context) ieee80211softmac_notify_gfp(dev, event, fun, context, GFP_ATOMIC);
-
-extern int ieee80211softmac_notify_gfp(struct net_device *dev,
-	int event, notify_function_ptr fun, void *context, gfp_t gfp_mask);
-
-/* To clear pending work (for ifconfig down, etc.) */
-extern void
-ieee80211softmac_clear_pending_work(struct ieee80211softmac_device *sm);
-
-#endif /* IEEE80211SOFTMAC_H_ */
diff --git a/include/net/ieee80211softmac_wx.h b/include/net/ieee80211softmac_wx.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ee3ad57283..00000000000
--- a/include/net/ieee80211softmac_wx.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file contains the prototypes for the wireless extension
- * handlers that the softmac API provides. Include this file to
- * use the wx handlers, you can assign these directly.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2005 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
- *                    Joseph Jezak <josejx@gentoo.org>
- *                    Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
- *                    Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@gentoo.org>
- *                    Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
- * more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
- *
- * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in the
- * file called COPYING.
- */
-
-#ifndef _IEEE80211SOFTMAC_WX_H
-#define _IEEE80211SOFTMAC_WX_H
-
-#include <net/ieee80211softmac.h>
-#include <net/iw_handler.h>
-
-extern int
-ieee80211softmac_wx_trigger_scan(struct net_device *net_dev,
-				 struct iw_request_info *info,
-				 union iwreq_data *data,
-				 char *extra);
-
-extern int
-ieee80211softmac_wx_get_scan_results(struct net_device *net_dev,
-				     struct iw_request_info *info,
-				     union iwreq_data *data,
-				     char *extra);
-
-extern int
-ieee80211softmac_wx_set_essid(struct net_device *net_dev,
-			      struct iw_request_info *info,
-			      union iwreq_data *data,
-			      char *extra);
-
-extern int
-ieee80211softmac_wx_get_essid(struct net_device *net_dev,
-			      struct iw_request_info *info,
-			      union iwreq_data *data,
-			      char *extra);
-
-extern int
-ieee80211softmac_wx_set_rate(struct net_device *net_dev,
-			     struct iw_request_info *info,
-			     union iwreq_data *data,
-			     char *extra);
-
-extern int
-ieee80211softmac_wx_get_rate(struct net_device *net_dev,
-			     struct iw_request_info *info,
-			     union iwreq_data *data,
-			     char *extra);
-
-extern int
-ieee80211softmac_wx_get_wap(struct net_device *net_dev,
-			      struct iw_request_info *info,
-			      union iwreq_data *data,
-			      char *extra);
-
-extern int
-ieee80211softmac_wx_set_wap(struct net_device *net_dev,
-			      struct iw_request_info *info,
-			      union iwreq_data *data,
-			      char *extra);
-
-extern int
-ieee80211softmac_wx_set_genie(struct net_device *dev,
-			      struct iw_request_info *info,
-			      union iwreq_data *wrqu,
-			      char *extra);
-
-extern int
-ieee80211softmac_wx_get_genie(struct net_device *dev,
-			      struct iw_request_info *info,
-			      union iwreq_data *wrqu,
-			      char *extra);
-extern int
-ieee80211softmac_wx_set_mlme(struct net_device *dev,
-			     struct iw_request_info *info,
-			     union iwreq_data *wrqu,
-			     char *extra);
-#endif /* _IEEE80211SOFTMAC_WX */
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/Kconfig b/net/ieee80211/Kconfig
index bd501046c9c..94ed7d3cd9d 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ieee80211/Kconfig
@@ -71,4 +71,3 @@ config IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP
 	This can be compiled as a module and it will be called
 	"ieee80211_crypt_tkip".
 
-source "net/ieee80211/softmac/Kconfig"
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/Makefile b/net/ieee80211/Makefile
index 796a7c76ee4..f988417121d 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/Makefile
+++ b/net/ieee80211/Makefile
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ ieee80211-objs := \
 	ieee80211_wx.o \
 	ieee80211_geo.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC) += softmac/
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/softmac/Kconfig b/net/ieee80211/softmac/Kconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 2811651cb13..00000000000
--- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/Kconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-config IEEE80211_SOFTMAC
-	tristate "Software MAC add-on to the IEEE 802.11 networking stack"
-	depends on IEEE80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
-	select WIRELESS_EXT
-	select IEEE80211_CRYPT_WEP
-	---help---
-	This option enables the hardware independent software MAC addon
-	for the IEEE 802.11 networking stack.
-
-config IEEE80211_SOFTMAC_DEBUG
-	bool "Enable full debugging output"
-	depends on IEEE80211_SOFTMAC
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/softmac/Makefile b/net/ieee80211/softmac/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index bfcb391bb2c..00000000000
--- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-obj-$(CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC) += ieee80211softmac.o
-ieee80211softmac-objs := \
-			ieee80211softmac_io.o \
-			ieee80211softmac_auth.o \
-			ieee80211softmac_module.o \
-			ieee80211softmac_scan.o \
-			ieee80211softmac_wx.o \
-			ieee80211softmac_assoc.o \
-			ieee80211softmac_event.o
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
deleted file mode 100644
index c4d122ddd72..00000000000
--- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,489 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file contains the softmac's association logic.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
- *                          Joseph Jezak <josejx@gentoo.org>
- *                          Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
- *                          Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@gentoo.org>
- *                          Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
- * more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
- *
- * The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in the
- * file called COPYING.
- */
-
-#include "ieee80211softmac_priv.h"
-
-/*
- * Overview
- *
- * Before you can associate, you have to authenticate.
- *
- */
-
-/* Sends out an association request to the desired AP */
-static void
-ieee80211softmac_assoc(struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac, struct ieee80211softmac_network *net)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	/* Switch to correct channel for this network */
-	mac->set_channel(mac->dev, net->channel);
-
-	/* Send association request */
-	ieee80211softmac_send_mgt_frame(mac, net, IEEE80211_STYPE_ASSOC_REQ, 0);
-
-	dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "sent association request!\n");
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&mac->lock, flags);
-	mac->associnfo.associated = 0; /* just to make sure */
-
-	/* Set a timer for timeout */
-	/* FIXME: make timeout configurable */
-	if (likely(mac->running))
-		queue_delayed_work(mac->wq, &mac->associnfo.timeout, 5 * HZ);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mac->lock, flags);
-}
-
-void
-ieee80211softmac_assoc_timeout(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac =
-		container_of(work, struct ieee80211softmac_device,
-			     associnfo.timeout.work);
-	struct ieee80211softmac_network *n;
-
-	mutex_lock(&mac->associnfo.mutex);
-	/* we might race against ieee80211softmac_handle_assoc_response,
-	 * so make sure only one of us does something */
-	if (!mac->associnfo.associating)
-		goto out;
-	mac->associnfo.associating = 0;
-	mac->associnfo.bssvalid = 0;
-	mac->associnfo.associated = 0;
-
-	n = ieee80211softmac_get_network_by_bssid_locked(mac, mac->associnfo.bssid);
-
-	dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "assoc request timed out!\n");
-	ieee80211softmac_call_events(mac, IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_ASSOCIATE_TIMEOUT, n);
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&mac->associnfo.mutex);
-}
-
-void
-ieee80211softmac_disassoc(struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&mac->lock, flags);
-	if (mac->associnfo.associating)
-		cancel_delayed_work(&mac->associnfo.timeout);
-
-	netif_carrier_off(mac->dev);
-
-	mac->associnfo.associated = 0;
-	mac->associnfo.bssvalid = 0;
-	mac->associnfo.associating = 0;
-	ieee80211softmac_init_bss(mac);
-	ieee80211softmac_call_events_locked(mac, IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_DISASSOCIATED, NULL);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mac->lock, flags);
-}
-
-/* Sends out a disassociation request to the desired AP */
-void
-ieee80211softmac_send_disassoc_req(struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac, u16 reason)
-{
-	struct ieee80211softmac_network *found;
-
-	if (mac->associnfo.bssvalid && mac->associnfo.associated) {
-		found = ieee80211softmac_get_network_by_bssid(mac, mac->associnfo.bssid);
-		if (found)
-			ieee80211softmac_send_mgt_frame(mac, found, IEEE80211_STYPE_DISASSOC, reason);
-	}
-
-	ieee80211softmac_disassoc(mac);
-}
-
-static inline int
-we_support_all_basic_rates(struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac, u8 *from, u8 from_len)
-{
-	int idx;
-	u8 rate;
-
-	for (idx = 0; idx < (from_len); idx++) {
-		rate = (from)[idx];
-		if (!(rate & IEEE80211_BASIC_RATE_MASK))
-			continue;
-		rate &= ~IEEE80211_BASIC_RATE_MASK;
-		if (!ieee80211softmac_ratesinfo_rate_supported(&mac->ratesinfo, rate))
-			return 0;
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static int
-network_matches_request(struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac, struct ieee80211_network *net)
-{
-	/* we cannot associate to networks whose name we don't know */
-	if (ieee80211_is_empty_essid(net->ssid, net->ssid_len))
-		return 0;
-	/* do not associate to a network whose BSSBasicRateSet we cannot support */
-	if (!we_support_all_basic_rates(mac, net->rates, net->rates_len))
-		return 0;
-	/* do we really need to check the ex rates? */
-	if (!we_support_all_basic_rates(mac, net->rates_ex, net->rates_ex_len))
-		return 0;
-
-	/* assume that users know what they're doing ...
-	 * (note we don't let them select a net we're incompatible with) */
-	if (mac->associnfo.bssfixed) {
-		return !memcmp(mac->associnfo.bssid, net->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
-	}
-
-	/* if 'ANY' network requested, take any that doesn't have privacy enabled */
-	if (mac->associnfo.req_essid.len == 0
-	    && !(net->capability & WLAN_CAPABILITY_PRIVACY))
-		return 1;
-	if (net->ssid_len != mac->associnfo.req_essid.len)
-		return 0;
-	if (!memcmp(net->ssid, mac->associnfo.req_essid.data, mac->associnfo.req_essid.len))
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void
-ieee80211softmac_assoc_notify_scan(struct net_device *dev, int event_type, void *context)
-{
-	struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac = ieee80211_priv(dev);
-	ieee80211softmac_assoc_work(&mac->associnfo.work.work);
-}
-
-static void
-ieee80211softmac_assoc_notify_auth(struct net_device *dev, int event_type, void *context)
-{
-	struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac = ieee80211_priv(dev);
-
-	switch (event_type) {
-	case IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_AUTHENTICATED:
-		ieee80211softmac_assoc_work(&mac->associnfo.work.work);
-		break;
-	case IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_AUTH_FAILED:
-	case IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_AUTH_TIMEOUT:
-		ieee80211softmac_disassoc(mac);
-		break;
-	}
-}
-
-/* This function is called to handle userspace requests (asynchronously) */
-void
-ieee80211softmac_assoc_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac =
-		container_of(work, struct ieee80211softmac_device,
-			     associnfo.work.work);
-	struct ieee80211softmac_network *found = NULL;
-	struct ieee80211_network *net = NULL, *best = NULL;
-	int bssvalid;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	mutex_lock(&mac->associnfo.mutex);
-
-	if (!mac->associnfo.associating)
-		goto out;
-
-	/* ieee80211_disassoc might clear this */
-	bssvalid = mac->associnfo.bssvalid;
-
-	/* meh */
-	if (mac->associnfo.associated)
-		ieee80211softmac_send_disassoc_req(mac, WLAN_REASON_DISASSOC_STA_HAS_LEFT);
-
-	/* try to find the requested network in our list, if we found one already */
-	if (bssvalid || mac->associnfo.bssfixed)
-		found = ieee80211softmac_get_network_by_bssid(mac, mac->associnfo.bssid);
-
-	/* Search the ieee80211 networks for this network if we didn't find it by bssid,
-	 * but only if we've scanned at least once (to get a better list of networks to
-	 * select from). If we have not scanned before, the !found logic below will be
-	 * invoked and will scan. */
-	if (!found && (mac->associnfo.scan_retry < IEEE80211SOFTMAC_ASSOC_SCAN_RETRY_LIMIT))
-	{
-		s8 rssi = -128;	/* if I don't initialise, gcc emits an invalid warning
-				   because it cannot follow the best pointer logic. */
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&mac->ieee->lock, flags);
-		list_for_each_entry(net, &mac->ieee->network_list, list) {
-			/* we're supposed to find the network with
-			 * the best signal here, as we're asked to join
-			 * any network with a specific ESSID, and many
-			 * different ones could have that.
-			 *
-			 * I'll for now just go with the reported rssi.
-			 *
-			 * We also should take into account the rateset
-			 * here to find the best BSSID to try.
-			 */
-			if (network_matches_request(mac, net)) {
-				if (!best) {
-					best = net;
-					rssi = best->stats.rssi;
-					continue;
-				}
-				/* we already had a matching network, so
-				 * compare their properties to get the
-				 * better of the two ... (see above)
-				 */
-				if (rssi < net->stats.rssi) {
-					best = net;
-					rssi = best->stats.rssi;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		/* if we unlock here, we might get interrupted and the `best'
-		 * pointer could go stale */
-		if (best) {
-			found = ieee80211softmac_create_network(mac, best);
-			/* if found is still NULL, then we got -ENOMEM somewhere */
-			if (found)
-				ieee80211softmac_add_network(mac, found);
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mac->ieee->lock, flags);
-	}
-
-	if (!found) {
-		if (mac->associnfo.scan_retry > 0) {
-			mac->associnfo.scan_retry--;
-
-			/* We know of no such network. Let's scan.
-			 * NB: this also happens if we had no memory to copy the network info...
-			 * Maybe we can hope to have more memory after scanning finishes ;)
-			 */
-			dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Associate: Scanning for networks first.\n");
-			ieee80211softmac_notify(mac->dev, IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_SCAN_FINISHED, ieee80211softmac_assoc_notify_scan, NULL);
-			if (ieee80211softmac_start_scan(mac)) {
-				dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Associate: failed to initiate scan. Is device up?\n");
-			}
-			goto out;
-		} else {
-			mac->associnfo.associating = 0;
-			mac->associnfo.associated = 0;
-
-			dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Unable to find matching network after scan!\n");
-			/* reset the retry counter for the next user request since we
-			 * break out and don't reschedule ourselves after this point. */
-			mac->associnfo.scan_retry = IEEE80211SOFTMAC_ASSOC_SCAN_RETRY_LIMIT;
-			ieee80211softmac_call_events(mac, IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_ASSOCIATE_NET_NOT_FOUND, NULL);
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* reset the retry counter for the next user request since we
-	 * now found a net and will try to associate to it, but not
-	 * schedule this function again. */
-	mac->associnfo.scan_retry = IEEE80211SOFTMAC_ASSOC_SCAN_RETRY_LIMIT;
-	mac->associnfo.bssvalid = 1;
-	memcpy(mac->associnfo.bssid, found->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
-	/* copy the ESSID for displaying it */
-	mac->associnfo.associate_essid.len = found->essid.len;
-	memcpy(mac->associnfo.associate_essid.data, found->essid.data, IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE + 1);
-
-	/* we found a network! authenticate (if necessary) and associate to it. */
-	if (found->authenticating) {
-		dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Already requested authentication, waiting...\n");
-		if(!mac->associnfo.assoc_wait) {
-			mac->associnfo.assoc_wait = 1;
-			ieee80211softmac_notify_internal(mac, IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_ANY, found, ieee80211softmac_assoc_notify_auth, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
-		}
-		goto out;
-	}
-	if (!found->authenticated && !found->authenticating) {
-		/* This relies on the fact that _auth_req only queues the work,
-		 * otherwise adding the notification would be racy. */
-		if (!ieee80211softmac_auth_req(mac, found)) {
-			if(!mac->associnfo.assoc_wait) {
-				dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Cannot associate without being authenticated, requested authentication\n");
-				mac->associnfo.assoc_wait = 1;
-				ieee80211softmac_notify_internal(mac, IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_ANY, found, ieee80211softmac_assoc_notify_auth, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
-			}
-		} else {
-			printkl(KERN_WARNING PFX "Not authenticated, but requesting authentication failed. Giving up to associate\n");
-			mac->associnfo.assoc_wait = 0;
-			ieee80211softmac_call_events(mac, IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_ASSOCIATE_FAILED, found);
-		}
-		goto out;
-	}
-	/* finally! now we can start associating */
-	mac->associnfo.assoc_wait = 0;
-	ieee80211softmac_assoc(mac, found);
-
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&mac->associnfo.mutex);
-}
-
-/* cal