From: <mpubbise@qti.qualcomm.com>
To: <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@qti.qualcomm.com>
Subject: [RFCv2 1/2] mac80211: Add provision for 802.11 encap offload
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 17:03:26 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1488540807-27415-2-git-send-email-mpubbise@qti.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1488540807-27415-1-git-send-email-mpubbise@qti.qualcomm.com>
From: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@qti.qualcomm.com>
Drivers can have the capability to offload 802.11 encap
to firmware or hardware for data frames. This patch adds a new
hw_flag for driver to advertise the offload support.
Transmit path offloading 802.11 header (including cipher headers)
encap for data frames will be implemented in a separate patch.
Drivers advertising this capability should also implement other
functionalities which deal with 802.11 frame format like below
- Hardware encryption
- Aggregation of A-MSDU offload
- Fragmentation offload
Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@qti.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Manikanta Pubbisetty <mpubbise@qti.qualcomm.com>
---
include/net/mac80211.h | 4 ++++
net/mac80211/debugfs.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 3edb469..0239b7d 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -2049,6 +2049,9 @@ struct ieee80211_txq {
* The stack will not do fragmentation.
* The callback for @set_frag_threshold should be set as well.
*
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_80211_ENCAP: Hardware/driver supports 802.11
+ * encap for data frames.
+ *
* @NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS: number of hardware flags, used for sizing arrays
*/
enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
@@ -2091,6 +2094,7 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
IEEE80211_HW_TX_FRAG_LIST,
IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_LOW_ACK,
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_TX_FRAG,
+ IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_80211_ENCAP,
/* keep last, obviously */
NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS
diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
index 5fae001..b97ffb4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ static ssize_t reset_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
FLAG(TX_FRAG_LIST),
FLAG(REPORTS_LOW_ACK),
FLAG(SUPPORTS_TX_FRAG),
+ FLAG(SUPPORTS_80211_ENCAP),
#undef FLAG
};
--
1.7.9.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-03 12:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-03 11:33 [RFCv2 0/2] Add new transmit data path for ethernet frame format mpubbise
2017-03-03 11:33 ` mpubbise [this message]
2017-03-03 12:29 ` [RFCv2 1/2] mac80211: Add provision for 802.11 encap offload Johannes Berg
2017-03-08 15:49 ` Pubbisetty, Manikanta
2017-03-03 11:33 ` [RFCv2 2/2] mac80211: Implement data xmit " mpubbise
2017-03-03 12:39 ` Johannes Berg
2017-03-08 15:46 ` Pubbisetty, Manikanta
2017-03-08 21:33 ` Johannes Berg
2017-03-09 9:56 ` Pubbisetty, Manikanta
2017-03-14 14:11 ` Johannes Berg
2017-03-21 5:36 ` Manikanta Pubbisetty
2017-03-31 11:52 ` Johannes Berg
2017-04-11 6:06 ` Manikanta Pubbisetty
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