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mac80211: add functions to create PS Poll and Nullfunc templates

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Some hardware, for example wl1251 and wl1271, handle the transmission
of power save related frames in hardware, but the driver is responsible
for creating the templates. It's better to create the templates in mac80211,
that way all drivers can benefit from this.

Add two new functions, ieee80211_pspoll_get() and ieee80211_nullfunc_get()
which drivers need to call to get the frame. Drivers are also responsible
for updating the templates after each association.

Also new struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr is added to ieee80211.h to make it
easy to calculate length of the Nullfunc frame.

Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Kalle Valo 2010-01-05 20:16:19 +02:00 • committed by John W. Linville
parent b3579d6adc
commit 7044cc565b
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@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ struct ieee80211_hdr {
u8 addr4[6];
} __attribute__ ((packed));
struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr {
__le16 frame_control;
__le16 duration_id;
u8 addr1[6];
u8 addr2[6];
u8 addr3[6];
__le16 seq_ctrl;
} __attribute__ ((packed));
/**
* ieee80211_has_tods - check if IEEE80211_FCTL_TODS is set
* @fc: frame control bytes in little-endian byteorder