Re: [RFC] mac80211: add unified BSS configuration

[Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>]

On Thursday 20 December 2007, Johannes Berg wrote:
> This patch (based on Ron Rindjunsky's) creates a framework for
> a unified way to pass BSS configuration to drivers that require
> the information, e.g. for implementing power save mode.
> 
> A new ieee80211_bss_conf structure is embedded into each virtual
> interface structure to allow the driver to access the BSS
> configuration at any time, changes in the structure are passed
> to the driver via the new bss_info_changed() callback.
> 
> This new BSS configuration infrastructure adds the following
> new features:
>  * drivers are notified of their association AID
>  * drivers are notified of association status
> 
> and replaces the erp_ie_changed() callback. The patch also does
> the relevant driver updates for the latter change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> ---
> Ivo, can you see if you can address the FIXME item in the rt2x00 driver?
> It is probably very easy but I don't know how you'd want to handle it.

Sure, I'll look into it. I also have to lookup what parts of the rt2x00 can
now be optimized because the assocation state is known as well. :)
Patch will follow soon. :)

Ivo