rt2x00: Support hardware RTS and CTS-to-self frames
authorIvo van Doorn <ivdoorn@gmail.com>
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:59:48 +0000 (18:59 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Wed, 7 May 2008 19:02:20 +0000 (15:02 -0400)
If the driver has set the set_rts_threshold() callback function
to mac80211 it is capable of generating RTS and CTS-to-self frames
inside the hardware and rt2x00lib doesn't have to create them
in software.
Only rt2800pci and rt2800usb support this feature.

Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00mac.c

index c206b509207051331f4791373521c773f0fda5cd..e46d406637f7c59f9f42cfa041319b078360b5af 100644 (file)
@@ -118,11 +118,16 @@ int rt2x00mac_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb,
         * create and queue that frame first. But make sure we have
         * at least enough entries available to send this CTS/RTS
         * frame as well as the data frame.
+        * Note that when the driver has set the set_rts_threshold()
+        * callback function it doesn't need software generation of
+        * neither RTS or CTS-to-self frames and handles everything
+        * inside the hardware.
         */
        frame_control = le16_to_cpu(ieee80211hdr->frame_control);
        if (!is_rts_frame(frame_control) && !is_cts_frame(frame_control) &&
            (control->flags & (IEEE80211_TXCTL_USE_RTS_CTS |
-                              IEEE80211_TXCTL_USE_CTS_PROTECT))) {
+                              IEEE80211_TXCTL_USE_CTS_PROTECT)) &&
+           !rt2x00dev->ops->hw->set_rts_threshold) {
                if (rt2x00queue_available(queue) <= 1) {
                        ieee80211_stop_queue(rt2x00dev->hw, control->queue);
                        return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;