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| author | Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl> | 2017-01-04 18:58:31 +0100 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2017-01-06 14:01:13 +0100 |
| commit | e691ac2f75b69bee743f0370d79454ba4429b175 (patch) | |
| tree | 548678366bc42207f957ae6aa4603936faa1ab21 /include/net | |
| parent | 4787cfa08476d4193c35d958f564f643bb6ae234 (diff) | |
cfg80211: support ieee80211-freq-limit DT property
This patch adds a helper for reading that new property and applying
limitations of supported channels specified this way.
It is used with devices that normally support a wide wireless band but
in a given config are limited to some part of it (usually due to board
design). For example a dual-band chipset may be able to support one band
only because of used antennas.
It's also common that tri-band routers have separated radios for lower
and higher part of 5 GHz band and it may be impossible to say which is
which without a DT info.
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
[add new function to documentation, fix link]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/cfg80211.h | 28 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index ca2ac1ce5862..41a9ecd82ca0 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -311,6 +311,34 @@ struct ieee80211_supported_band { struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap vht_cap; }; +/** + * wiphy_read_of_freq_limits - read frequency limits from device tree + * + * @wiphy: the wireless device to get extra limits for + * + * Some devices may have extra limitations specified in DT. This may be useful + * for chipsets that normally support more bands but are limited due to board + * design (e.g. by antennas or external power amplifier). + * + * This function reads info from DT and uses it to *modify* channels (disable + * unavailable ones). It's usually a *bad* idea to use it in drivers with + * shared channel data as DT limitations are device specific. You should make + * sure to call it only if channels in wiphy are copied and can be modified + * without affecting other devices. + * + * As this function access device node it has to be called after set_wiphy_dev. + * It also modifies channels so they have to be set first. + * If using this helper, call it before wiphy_register(). + */ +#ifdef CONFIG_OF +void wiphy_read_of_freq_limits(struct wiphy *wiphy); +#else /* CONFIG_OF */ +static inline void wiphy_read_of_freq_limits(struct wiphy *wiphy) +{ +} +#endif /* !CONFIG_OF */ + + /* * Wireless hardware/device configuration structures and methods */ |