From 6ee7d33056f6e6fc7437d980dcc741816deedd0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:53:06 -0400 Subject: cfg80211: make regdom module parameter available oustide of OLD_REG It seems a few users are using this module parameter although its not recommended. People are finding it useful despite there being utilities for setting this in userspace. I'm not aware of any distribution using this though. Until userspace and distributions catch up with a default userspace automatic replacement (GeoClue integration would be nirvana) we copy the ieee80211_regdom module parameter from OLD_REG to the new reg code to help these users migrate. Users who are using the non-valid ISO / IEC 3166 alpha "EU" in their ieee80211_regdom module parameter and migrate to non-OLD_REG enabled system will world roam. This also schedules removal of this same ieee80211_regdom module parameter circa March 2010. Hope is by then nirvana is reached and users will abandoned the module parameter completely. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index e47c0ff8ba7..8365f52a354 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,7 +6,31 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- -What: old static regulatory information and ieee80211_regdom module parameter +What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter +When: March 2010 + +Why: This was inherited by the CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY code, + and currently serves as an option for users to define an + ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 code for the country they are currently + present in. Although there are userspace API replacements for this + through nl80211 distributions haven't yet caught up with implementing + decent alternatives through standard GUIs. Although available as an + option through iw or wpa_supplicant its just a matter of time before + distributions pick up good GUI options for this. The ideal solution + would actually consist of intelligent designs which would do this for + the user automatically even when travelling through different countries. + Until then we leave this module parameter as a compromise. + + When userspace improves with reasonable widely-available alternatives for + this we will no longer need this module parameter. This entry hopes that + by the super-futuristically looking date of "March 2010" we will have + such replacements widely available. + +Who: Luis R. Rodriguez + +--------------------------- + +What: old static regulatory information When: 2.6.29 Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do @@ -17,9 +41,7 @@ Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one * JP * EU and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was - set. We also kept around the ieee80211_regdom module parameter in case - some applications were relying on it. Changing regulatory domains - can now be done instead by using nl80211, as is done with iw. + set. Who: Luis R. Rodriguez --------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258 From 04de83815993714a7ba2618f637fa1092a5f664b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kalle Valo Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:57:35 +0200 Subject: mac80211: add beacon filtering support Add IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTERING flag so that driver inform that it supports beacon filtering. Drivers need to call the new function ieee80211_beacon_loss() to notify about beacon loss. Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl index 8af6d962687..fbeaffc1dcc 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl @@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ usage should require reading the full document. !Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Powersave support + + Beacon filter support +!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Beacon filter support +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_beacon_loss + + Multiple queues and QoS support TBD -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258 From 8a5117d80fe93de5df5b56480054f7df1fd20755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:21:07 -0400 Subject: cfg80211: default CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY to n And update description and feature-removal schedule according to the new plan. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 8365f52a354..02ea3773535 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- What: The ieee80211_regdom module parameter -When: March 2010 +When: March 2010 / desktop catchup Why: This was inherited by the CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY code, and currently serves as an option for users to define an @@ -30,18 +30,23 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez --------------------------- -What: old static regulatory information -When: 2.6.29 +What: CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY - old static regulatory information +When: March 2010 / desktop catchup + Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do not want to keep static regulatory domains in the kernel due to the the dynamic nature of regulatory law and localization. We kept around the old static definitions for the regulatory domains of: + * US * JP * EU + and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was - set. + set. We will remove this option once the standard Linux desktop catches + up with the new userspace APIs we have implemented. + Who: Luis R. Rodriguez --------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258