Revamp ht ie handling:
o change ieee80211_parse_htcap and ieee80211_parse_htinfo to save only
internal state obtained from the ie's; no dynamic state such as
ni_chw is altered
o add ieee80211_ht_

Revamp ht ie handling:
o change ieee80211_parse_htcap and ieee80211_parse_htinfo to save only
internal state obtained from the ie's; no dynamic state such as
ni_chw is altered
o add ieee80211_ht_updateparams to parse ht cap+info ie's and update
dynamic node state
o change ieee80211_ht_node_init to not take an htcap ie that is parsed;
instead have the caller make a separate call as one caller wants to
parse the ie while another wants to parse both cap+info ie's and
update state so can better do this with ieee80211_ht_updateparams

These changes fix sta mode state handling where the node's channel
width was shifted to ht20/ht40 prematurely.

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don't propagate ht bss occupancy changes to legacy vaps;
they won't have an htinfo ie to update

change ieee80211_ampdu_stop to take an explicit reason code

simplify debug msg

Cleanup AMPDU handling:

For receive:
o explicitly tag rx frames w/ M_AMPDU instead of passing frames through
the reorder processing according to the node having HT and the frame
being QoS data
o

Cleanup AMPDU handling:

For receive:
o explicitly tag rx frames w/ M_AMPDU instead of passing frames through
the reorder processing according to the node having HT and the frame
being QoS data
o relax ieee80211_ampdu_reorder asserts to allow any frame to be passed
in, unsuitable frames are returned to the caller for normal processing;
this permits drivers that cannot inspect the PLCP to mark all data
frames as potential ampdu candidates with only a small penalty
o add M_AMPDU_MPDU to identify frames resubmitted from the reorder q

For transmit:
o tag aggregation candidates with M_AMPDU_MPDU
o fix the QoS ack policy set in ampdu subframes; we only support immediate
BA streams which should be marked for "normal ack" to get implicit block
ack behaviour; interestingly certain vendor parts BA'd frames with the
11e BA ack policy set
o do not assign a sequence # to aggregation candidates; this must be done
when frames are submitted for transmit (NB: this can/will be handled
better when aggregation is pulled up to net80211)

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Always update ic_lastnonht so we track overlapping legacy bss
properly; was doing this only on a change in the protection mode
so the advertised protection mode in the beacon would oscillate.

Submit

Always update ic_lastnonht so we track overlapping legacy bss
properly; was doing this only on a change in the protection mode
so the advertised protection mode in the beacon would oscillate.

Submitted by: Chris Zimmermann

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Cleanup starting seq# for tx ampdu:
o use txa_start to form the addba request and purge txa_seqstart
o fill txa_start before calling ic_addba_request to permit drivers
to override when they handle

Cleanup starting seq# for tx ampdu:
o use txa_start to form the addba request and purge txa_seqstart
o fill txa_start before calling ic_addba_request to permit drivers
to override when they handle seq# generation (e.g. mwl)

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o kill IEEE80211_NODE_PSUPDATE; it was never used
o kill IEEE80211_NODE_CHWUPDATE; it's use was pointless and it was defined
wrong (overlap w/ existing flags)

put back placeholder comment

o validate the ba policy in addba response
o leave a check for the max ba window disabled; we accept out of range
values and just truncate them but may want to act differently in the future

add IEEE80211_NODE_HT_ALL to collect up all the HT-related node flags

don't do ampdu reordering of fragments; they should never happen

moreve the aggregation q; it's not being used and
there's a better way to do this

add missing lock for htinfo update

Submitted by: Chris Zimmermann

correct construction of delba action frame; don't shift+mask the initiator
argument

Submitted by: Marvell

use the current left edge of the BA window when forming ADDBA request
so an existing session is re-established with the correct seq#

Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices.

Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware
loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there
no l

Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices.

Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware
loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there
no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now
bundled into the wlan module.

Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell
Reviewed by: many
Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)

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o correct typo that broke check when handling addba response
o add a comment about the ht rates being for 20MHz channels w/ long GI;
needs a separate fix after more thought

MFC after: 3 days

correct sta mode setup: adopt ap's ampdu density and max ampdu size
instead of using local settings

MFC after: 3 days

correct termination check doing amsdu de-aggregation

MFC after: 3 days

sync 11n support with vap code base; many changes based on interop
testing with all major vendors

MFC after: 1 week

o add IEEE80211_RATE_MCS to use instead of naked constant (for marking MCS)
o correct ieee80211_rate2media handling of MCS
o correct rate HT announcements for 11n devices

Approved by: re (blanket wi

o add IEEE80211_RATE_MCS to use instead of naked constant (for marking MCS)
o correct ieee80211_rate2media handling of MCS
o correct rate HT announcements for 11n devices

Approved by: re (blanket wireless)

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Update beacon handling to sync w/ vap code base:
o add driver callback to handle notification of beacon changes;
this is required for devices that manage beacon frames themselves
(devices must ov

Update beacon handling to sync w/ vap code base:
o add driver callback to handle notification of beacon changes;
this is required for devices that manage beacon frames themselves
(devices must override the default handler which does nothing)
o move beacon update-related flags from ieee80211com to the beacon
offsets storage (or handle however a driver wants)
o expand beacon offsets structure with members needed for 11h/dfs
and appie's
o change calling convention for ieee80211_beacon_alloc and
ieee80211_beacon_update
o add overlapping bss support for 11g; requires driver to pass
beacon frames from overlapping bss up to net80211 which is not
presently done by any driver
o move HT beacon contents update to a routine in the HT code area

Reviewed by: avatar, thompsa, sephe
Approved by: re (blanket wireless)

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Miscellaneous fixups to 802.11 defs:
o update 11n definitions to D2.0 spec
o add IEEE80211_CAPINFO_SPECTRUM_MGMT for DFS support
o add CSA ie definition for DFS support
o purge some unused definition

Miscellaneous fixups to 802.11 defs:
o update 11n definitions to D2.0 spec
o add IEEE80211_CAPINFO_SPECTRUM_MGMT for DFS support
o add CSA ie definition for DFS support
o purge some unused definitions
o correct 802.11 reason and status codes
o correct reason code returned when a sta tries to associate to an
ap operating with WPA/RSN but without a WPA/RSN ie

Reviewed by: thompsa, avatar
Approved by: re (blanket wireless)

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Update 802.11 wireless support:
o major overhaul of the way channels are handled: channels are now
fully enumerated and uniquely identify the operating characteristics;
these changes are visible

Update 802.11 wireless support:
o major overhaul of the way channels are handled: channels are now
fully enumerated and uniquely identify the operating characteristics;
these changes are visible to user applications which require changes
o make scanning support independent of the state machine to enable
background scanning and roaming
o move scanning support into loadable modules based on the operating
mode to enable different policies and reduce the memory footprint
on systems w/ constrained resources
o add background scanning in station mode (no support for adhoc/ibss
mode yet)
o significantly speedup sta mode scanning with a variety of techniques
o add roaming support when background scanning is supported; for now
we use a simple algorithm to trigger a roam: we threshold the rssi
and tx rate, if either drops too low we try to roam to a new ap
o add tx fragmentation support
o add first cut at 802.11n support: this code works with forthcoming
drivers but is incomplete; it's included now to establish a baseline
for other drivers to be developed and for user applications
o adjust max_linkhdr et. al. to reflect 802.11 requirements; this eliminates
prepending mbufs for traffic generated locally
o add support for Atheros protocol extensions; mainly the fast frames
encapsulation (note this can be used with any card that can tx+rx
large frames correctly)
o add sta support for ap's that beacon both WPA1+2 support
o change all data types from bsd-style to posix-style
o propagate noise floor data from drivers to net80211 and on to user apps
o correct various issues in the sta mode state machine related to handling
authentication and association failures
o enable the addition of sta mode power save support for drivers that need
net80211 support (not in this commit)
o remove old WI compatibility ioctls (wicontrol is officially dead)
o change the data structures returned for get sta info and get scan
results so future additions will not break user apps
o fixed tx rate is now maintained internally as an ieee rate and not an
index into the rate set; this needs to be extended to deal with
multi-mode operation
o add extended channel specifications to radiotap to enable 11n sniffing

Drivers:
o ath: add support for bg scanning, tx fragmentation, fast frames,
dynamic turbo (lightly tested), 11n (sniffing only and needs
new hal)
o awi: compile tested only
o ndis: lightly tested
o ipw: lightly tested
o iwi: add support for bg scanning (well tested but may have some
rough edges)
o ral, ural, rum: add suppoort for bg scanning, calibrate rssi data
o wi: lightly tested

This work is based on contributions by Atheros, kmacy, sephe, thompsa,
mlaier, kevlo, and others. Much of the scanning work was supported by
Atheros. The 11n work was supported by Marvell.

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