mwifiex: add 802.11AC support
authorYogesh Ashok Powar <yogeshp@marvell.com>
Sat, 16 Feb 2013 05:44:30 +0000 (21:44 -0800)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:30:39 +0000 (15:30 -0500)
commita5f390562a375a315292648e2da865a12b42f280
tree4df3a0938102374e0a9208b5296ced9e7590d340
parent073c9e6f86e58ba652c694b340f0460fc8156268
mwifiex: add 802.11AC support

For STA mode, collect VHT realated IEs from the Beacons or Probe
Responses and append similar VHT related IEs to association
requests.

For AP mode, get VHT related capability information and share it
with cfg80211 at the time of wiphy register. This information is
further used by cfg80211 and hostapd to start an AP with 802.11AC
support.

Currently only 8897 supports 802.11AC.

Signed-off-by: Yogesh Ashok Powar <yogeshp@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Avinash Patil <patila@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Frank Huang <frankh@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
16 files changed:
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/11ac.c [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/11ac.h [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/11n.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/11n.h
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/Makefile
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfp.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/fw.h
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/ioctl.h
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/join.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_cmd.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c