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authorSara Sharon <sara.sharon@intel.com>2015-12-08 19:09:05 +0200
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2016-02-24 09:04:16 +0100
commit412a6d800c7380c1b87c11080c7da905c27cfea8 (patch)
tree6ebbfc270d12f9da48558c0d445fae32495c8c73 /include/net/mac80211.h
parent50ea05efaf3bed7dd34bcc2635a8b3f53bd0ccc1 (diff)
mac80211: support hw managing reorder logic
Enable driver to manage the reordering logic itself. This is needed for example for the iwlwifi driver that will support hardware assisted reordering. Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/mac80211.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 6c9c559394b0..ee6305a52251 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1929,6 +1929,11 @@ struct ieee80211_txq {
* by just its MAC address; this prevents, for example, the same station
* from connecting to two virtual AP interfaces at the same time.
*
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_REORDERING_BUFFER: Hardware (or driver) manages the
+ * reordering buffer internally, guaranteeing mac80211 receives frames in
+ * order and does not need to manage its own reorder buffer or BA session
+ * timeout.
+ *
* @NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS: number of hardware flags, used for sizing arrays
*/
enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
@@ -1965,6 +1970,7 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_AMSDU_IN_AMPDU,
IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_TX_STATUS,
IEEE80211_HW_NEEDS_UNIQUE_STA_ADDR,
+ IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_REORDERING_BUFFER,
/* keep last, obviously */
NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS