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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/80211.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/80211.tmpl deleted file mode 100644 index 800fe7a9024c..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/80211.tmpl +++ /dev/null @@ -1,584 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!DOCTYPE set PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []> -<set> - <setinfo> - <title>The 802.11 subsystems – for kernel developers</title> - <subtitle> - Explaining wireless 802.11 networking in the Linux kernel - </subtitle> - - <copyright> - <year>2007-2009</year> - <holder>Johannes Berg</holder> - </copyright> - - <authorgroup> - <author> - <firstname>Johannes</firstname> - <surname>Berg</surname> - <affiliation> - <address><email>johannes@sipsolutions.net</email></address> - </affiliation> - </author> - </authorgroup> - - <legalnotice> - <para> - This documentation is free software; you can redistribute - it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public - License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. - </para> - <para> - This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be - useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied - warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. - See the GNU General Public License for more details. - </para> - <para> - You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public - License along with this documentation; if not, write to the Free - Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, - MA 02111-1307 USA - </para> - <para> - For more details see the file COPYING in the source - distribution of Linux. - </para> - </legalnotice> - - <abstract> - <para> - These books attempt to give a description of the - various subsystems that play a role in 802.11 wireless - networking in Linux. Since these books are for kernel - developers they attempts to document the structures - and functions used in the kernel as well as giving a - higher-level overview. - </para> - <para> - The reader is expected to be familiar with the 802.11 - standard as published by the IEEE in 802.11-2007 (or - possibly later versions). References to this standard - will be given as "802.11-2007 8.1.5". - </para> - </abstract> - </setinfo> - <book id="cfg80211-developers-guide"> - <bookinfo> - <title>The cfg80211 subsystem</title> - - <abstract> -!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Introduction - </abstract> - </bookinfo> - <chapter> - <title>Device registration</title> -!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Device registration -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_channel_flags -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_channel -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_rate_flags -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_rate -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_sta_ht_cap -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_supported_band -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_signal_type -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_params_flags -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_flags -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wireless_dev -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_new -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_register -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_unregister -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_free - -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_name -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_dev -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_priv -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h priv_to_wiphy -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h set_wiphy_dev -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wdev_priv -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_iface_limit -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_iface_combination -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_check_combinations - </chapter> - <chapter> - <title>Actions and configuration</title> -!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Actions and configuration -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_ops -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h vif_params -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h key_params -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h survey_info_flags -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h survey_info -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_beacon_data -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_ap_settings -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h station_parameters -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h rate_info_flags -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h rate_info -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h station_info -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h monitor_flags -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h mpath_info_flags -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h mpath_info -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h bss_parameters -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_txq_params -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_crypto_settings -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_auth_request -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_assoc_request -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_deauth_request -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_disassoc_request -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_ibss_params -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_connect_params -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_pmksa -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_auth_timeout -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_rx_assoc_resp -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_assoc_timeout -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_ibss_joined -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_connect_result -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_connect_bss -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_connect_timeout -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_roamed -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_disconnected -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_ready_on_channel -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_remain_on_channel_expired -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_new_sta -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_rx_mgmt -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_mgmt_tx_status -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_cqm_rssi_notify -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_cqm_pktloss_notify -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_michael_mic_failure - </chapter> - <chapter> - <title>Scanning and BSS list handling</title> -!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Scanning and BSS list handling -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_ssid -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_scan_request -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_scan_done -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_bss -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_inform_bss -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_inform_bss_data -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_unlink_bss -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_find_ie -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_bss_get_ie - </chapter> - <chapter> - <title>Utility functions</title> -!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Utility functions -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_channel_to_frequency -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_frequency_to_channel -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_get_channel -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_get_response_rate -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_hdrlen -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_radiotap_iterator - </chapter> - <chapter> - <title>Data path helpers</title> -!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Data path helpers -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_data_to_8023 -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_data_from_8023 -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_amsdu_to_8023s -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_classify8021d - </chapter> - <chapter> - <title>Regulatory enforcement infrastructure</title> -!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Regulatory enforcement infrastructure -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h regulatory_hint -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h freq_reg_info - </chapter> - <chapter> - <title>RFkill integration</title> -!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h RFkill integration -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_rfkill_set_hw_state -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_rfkill_start_polling -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h wiphy_rfkill_stop_polling - </chapter> - <chapter> - <title>Test mode</title> -!Pinclude/net/cfg80211.h Test mode -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_testmode_alloc_reply_skb -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_testmode_reply -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_testmode_alloc_event_skb -!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211_testmode_event - </chapter> - </book> - <book id="mac80211-developers-guide"> - <bookinfo> - <title>The mac80211 subsystem</title> - <abstract> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Introduction -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Warning - </abstract> - </bookinfo> - - <toc></toc> - - <!-- - Generally, this document shall be ordered by increasing complexity. - It is important to note that readers should be able to read only - the first few sections to get a working driver and only advanced - usage should require reading the full document. - --> - - <part> - <title>The basic mac80211 driver interface</title> - <partintro> - <para> - You should read and understand the information contained - within this part of the book while implementing a driver. - In some chapters, advanced usage is noted, that may be - skipped at first. - </para> - <para> - This part of the book only covers station and monitor mode - functionality, additional information required to implement - the other modes is covered in the second part of the book. - </para> - </partintro> - - <chapter id="basics"> - <title>Basic hardware handling</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - This chapter shall contain information on getting a hw - struct allocated and registered with mac80211. - </para> - <para> - Since it is required to allocate rates/modes before registering - a hw struct, this chapter shall also contain information on setting - up the rate/mode structs. - </para> - <para> - Additionally, some discussion about the callbacks and - the general programming model should be in here, including - the definition of ieee80211_ops which will be referred to - a lot. - </para> - <para> - Finally, a discussion of hardware capabilities should be done - with references to other parts of the book. - </para> - <!-- intentionally multiple !F lines to get proper order --> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_hw -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_hw_flags -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h SET_IEEE80211_DEV -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ops -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_alloc_hw -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_register_hw -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_unregister_hw -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_free_hw - </chapter> - - <chapter id="phy-handling"> - <title>PHY configuration</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - This chapter should describe PHY handling including - start/stop callbacks and the various structures used. - </para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_conf -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_conf_flags - </chapter> - - <chapter id="iface-handling"> - <title>Virtual interfaces</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - This chapter should describe virtual interface basics - that are relevant to the driver (VLANs, MGMT etc are not.) - It should explain the use of the add_iface/remove_iface - callbacks as well as the interface configuration callbacks. - </para> - <para>Things related to AP mode should be discussed there.</para> - <para> - Things related to supporting multiple interfaces should be - in the appropriate chapter, a BIG FAT note should be here about - this though and the recommendation to allow only a single - interface in STA mode at first! - </para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_vif - </chapter> - - <chapter id="rx-tx"> - <title>Receive and transmit processing</title> - <sect1> - <title>what should be here</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - This should describe the receive and transmit - paths in mac80211/the drivers as well as - transmit status handling. - </para> - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>Frame format</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Frame format - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>Packet alignment</title> -!Pnet/mac80211/rx.c Packet alignment - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>Calling into mac80211 from interrupts</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Calling mac80211 from interrupts - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>functions/definitions</title> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx_status -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h mac80211_rx_flags -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h mac80211_tx_info_flags -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h mac80211_tx_control_flags -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h mac80211_rate_control_flags -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_rate -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_info -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx_ni -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx_irqsafe -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_status -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_status_ni -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rts_get -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rts_duration -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ctstoself_get -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ctstoself_duration -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_generic_frame_duration -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_wake_queue -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_queue -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_wake_queues -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_queues -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_queue_stopped - </sect1> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="filters"> - <title>Frame filtering</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Frame filtering -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_filter_flags - </chapter> - - <chapter id="workqueue"> - <title>The mac80211 workqueue</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h mac80211 workqueue -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_queue_work -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_queue_delayed_work - </chapter> - </part> - - <part id="advanced"> - <title>Advanced driver interface</title> - <partintro> - <para> - Information contained within this part of the book is - of interest only for advanced interaction of mac80211 - with drivers to exploit more hardware capabilities and - improve performance. - </para> - </partintro> - - <chapter id="led-support"> - <title>LED support</title> - <para> - Mac80211 supports various ways of blinking LEDs. Wherever possible, - device LEDs should be exposed as LED class devices and hooked up to - the appropriate trigger, which will then be triggered appropriately - by mac80211. - </para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tx_led_name -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_rx_led_name -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_radio_led_name -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tpt_blink -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tpt_led_trigger_flags -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_create_tpt_led_trigger - </chapter> - - <chapter id="hardware-crypto-offload"> - <title>Hardware crypto acceleration</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Hardware crypto acceleration - <!-- intentionally multiple !F lines to get proper order --> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h set_key_cmd -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_conf -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_flags -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k_iv -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tkip_p2k - </chapter> - - <chapter id="powersave"> - <title>Powersave support</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Powersave support - </chapter> - - <chapter id="beacon-filter"> - <title>Beacon filter support</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Beacon filter support -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_beacon_loss - </chapter> - - <chapter id="qos"> - <title>Multiple queues and QoS support</title> - <para>TBD</para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_queue_params - </chapter> - - <chapter id="AP"> - <title>Access point mode support</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para>Some parts of the if_conf should be discussed here instead</para> - <para> - Insert notes about VLAN interfaces with hw crypto here or - in the hw crypto chapter. - </para> - <section id="ps-client"> - <title>support for powersaving clients</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h AP support for powersaving clients -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_buffered_bc -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_beacon_get -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_sta_eosp -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_frame_release_type -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_sta_ps_transition -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_sta_ps_transition_ni -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_sta_set_buffered -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_sta_block_awake - </section> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="multi-iface"> - <title>Supporting multiple virtual interfaces</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - Note: WDS with identical MAC address should almost always be OK - </para> - <para> - Insert notes about having multiple virtual interfaces with - different MAC addresses here, note which configurations are - supported by mac80211, add notes about supporting hw crypto - with it. - </para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic - </chapter> - - <chapter id="station-handling"> - <title>Station handling</title> - <para>TODO</para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_sta -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h sta_notify_cmd -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_find_sta -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr - </chapter> - - <chapter id="hardware-scan-offload"> - <title>Hardware scan offload</title> - <para>TBD</para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_scan_completed - </chapter> - - <chapter id="aggregation"> - <title>Aggregation</title> - <sect1> - <title>TX A-MPDU aggregation</title> -!Pnet/mac80211/agg-tx.c TX A-MPDU aggregation -!Cnet/mac80211/agg-tx.c - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>RX A-MPDU aggregation</title> -!Pnet/mac80211/agg-rx.c RX A-MPDU aggregation -!Cnet/mac80211/agg-rx.c -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action - </sect1> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="smps"> - <title>Spatial Multiplexing Powersave (SMPS)</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Spatial multiplexing power save -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_request_smps -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_smps_mode - </chapter> - </part> - - <part id="rate-control"> - <title>Rate control interface</title> - <partintro> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - This part of the book describes the rate control algorithm - interface and how it relates to mac80211 and drivers. - </para> - </partintro> - <chapter id="ratecontrol-api"> - <title>Rate Control API</title> - <para>TBD</para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rate_control_changed -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_rate_control -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h rate_control_send_low - </chapter> - </part> - - <part id="internal"> - <title>Internals</title> - <partintro> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - This part of the book describes mac80211 internals. - </para> - </partintro> - - <chapter id="key-handling"> - <title>Key handling</title> - <sect1> - <title>Key handling basics</title> -!Pnet/mac80211/key.c Key handling basics - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>MORE TBD</title> - <para>TBD</para> - </sect1> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="rx-processing"> - <title>Receive processing</title> - <para>TBD</para> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="tx-processing"> - <title>Transmit processing</title> - <para>TBD</para> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="sta-info"> - <title>Station info handling</title> - <sect1> - <title>Programming information</title> -!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h sta_info -!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h ieee80211_sta_info_flags - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>STA information lifetime rules</title> -!Pnet/mac80211/sta_info.c STA information lifetime rules - </sect1> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="aggregation-internals"> - <title>Aggregation</title> -!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h sta_ampdu_mlme -!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h tid_ampdu_tx -!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h tid_ampdu_rx - </chapter> - - <chapter id="synchronisation"> - <title>Synchronisation</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para>Locking, lots of RCU</para> - </chapter> - </part> - </book> -</set> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index 736f5916daea..fdf8232d0eeb 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml \ kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml usb.xml kgdb.xml \ gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \ genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml uio-howto.xml scsi.xml \ - 80211.xml debugobjects.xml sh.xml regulator.xml \ + debugobjects.xml sh.xml regulator.xml \ alsa-driver-api.xml writing-an-alsa-driver.xml \ tracepoint.xml w1.xml \ writing_musb_glue_layer.xml crypto-API.xml iio.xml |
