linux.git/net/wireless/mesh.c, branch v3.4

{nl,cfg,mac}80211: Implement RSSI threshold for mesh peering

2012-03-05T20:23:15+00:00

Mesh peer links are established only if average rssi of the peer
candidate satisfies the threshold. This is not in 802.11s specification
but was requested by David Fulgham, an open80211s user. This is a way to avoid
marginal peer links with stations that are barely within range.

This patch adds a new mesh configuration parameter, mesh_rssi_threshold. This
feature is supported only for hardwares that report signal in dBm.

Signed-off-by: Ashok Nagarajan 
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

{nl,cfg,mac}80211: Add support of setting non-forwarding entity in Mesh

2012-01-27T19:56:56+00:00

A mesh node that joins the mesh network is by default a forwarding entity. This patch allows
the mesh node to set as non-forwarding entity. Whenever dot11MeshForwarding is set to 0, the
mesh node can prevent itself from forwarding the traffic which is not destined to him.

Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

{nl,cfg,mac}80211: implement dot11MeshHWMPperrMinInterval

2011-11-28T19:44:06+00:00

As per 802.11mb 13.9.11.3

Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen 
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules

2011-10-31T23:30:30+00:00

These files are non modular, but need to export symbols using
the macros now living in export.h -- call out the include so
that things won't break when we remove the implicit presence
of module.h from everywhere.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker

{nl,cfg,mac}80211: let userspace make meshif mesh gate

2011-08-24T17:59:43+00:00

Allow userspace to set NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS attribute,
which will advertise this mesh node as being a mesh gate.
NL80211_HWMP_ROOTMODE must be set or this will do nothing.

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

{nl,cfg,mac}80211: let userspace set RANN interval

2011-08-24T17:59:43+00:00

Allow userspace to set Root Announcement Interval for our mesh
interface. Also, RANN interval is now in proper units of TUs.

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

nl80211: New notification to discover mesh peer candidates.

2011-04-12T20:57:39+00:00

Notify userspace when a beacon/presp is received from a suitable mesh
peer candidate for whom no sta information exists.  Userspace can then
decide to create a sta info for the candidate.  If userspace is not
ready to authenticate the peer right away, it can create the sta info
with the authenticated flag unset and set it later.

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

mac80211: ignore peers if security is enabled for this mesh

2011-04-12T20:57:37+00:00

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

cfg80211/nl80211: Add userspace authentication flag to mesh setup

2011-04-12T20:57:37+00:00

During mesh setup, use NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH flag to create
a secure mesh and route management frames to userspace.

Also, NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY now returns a flag NL80211_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH
if the wiphy's mesh implementation supports routing of mesh auth frames
to userspace.  This is useful for forward compatibility between old
kernels and new userspace tools.

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona 
Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

nl80211: rename NL80211_MESH_SETUP_VENDOR_PATH_SEL_IE

2011-04-12T20:57:37+00:00

To NL80211_MESH_SETUP_IE. This reflects our ability to insert any ie
into a mesh beacon, not simply path selection ies.

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville