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Johannes Berg 7351c6bd48 mac80211: request TX status where needed
Right now all frames mac80211 hands to the driver
have the IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS flag set to
request TX status. This isn't really necessary, only
the injected frames need TX status (the latter for
hostapd) so move setting this flag.

The rate control algorithms also need TX status, but
they don't require it.

Also, rt2x00 uses that bit for its own purposes and
seems to require it being set for all frames, but
that can be fixed in rt2x00.

This doesn't really change anything for any drivers
but in the future drivers using hw-rate control may
opt to not report TX status for frames that don't
have the IEEE80211_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS flag set.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> [rt2x00 bits]
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-11-19 11:08:56 -05:00
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9p virtio: add virtio IDs file 2009-09-23 22:26:32 +09:30
802 net: remove COMPAT_NET_DEV_OPS 2009-05-25 01:53:53 -07:00
8021q netns: net_identifiers should be read_mostly 2009-11-18 05:03:25 -08:00
appletalk net/appletalk: using compat_ptr needs inclusion of linux/compat.h 2009-11-08 20:41:03 -08:00
atm net/atm: move all compat_ioctl handling to atm/ioctl.c 2009-11-11 19:22:23 -08:00
ax25 net: pass kern to net_proto_family create function 2009-11-05 22:18:14 -08:00
bluetooth Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-11-17 00:05:02 -08:00
bridge cfg80211: disallow bridging managed/adhoc interfaces 2009-11-19 11:08:54 -05:00
can CAN: use dev_get_by_index_rcu 2009-11-10 22:27:13 -08:00
core net: device name allocation cleanups 2009-11-18 05:03:35 -08:00
dcb net: fix double skb free in dcbnl 2009-09-26 20:16:15 -07:00
dccp net: drop capability from protocol definitions 2009-11-05 21:40:17 -08:00
decnet decnet: convert dndev_lock to spinlock 2009-11-11 19:22:18 -08:00
dsa netdev: convert pseudo-devices to netdev_tx_t 2009-09-01 01:13:07 -07:00
econet net: pass kern to net_proto_family create function 2009-11-05 22:18:14 -08:00
ethernet remove deprecated and not used: print_mac() 2009-11-15 22:21:34 -08:00
ieee802154 Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lowpan/lowpan 2009-11-14 20:24:30 -08:00
ipv4 netns: net_identifiers should be read_mostly 2009-11-18 05:03:25 -08:00
ipv6 netns: net_identifiers should be read_mostly 2009-11-18 05:03:25 -08:00
ipx net/ipx: push down BKL into a ipx_dgram_ops 2009-11-07 00:46:39 -08:00
irda net/irda: push BKL into proto_ops 2009-11-07 00:46:39 -08:00
iucv iucv: add work_queue cleanup for suspend 2009-11-13 20:46:58 -08:00
key netns: net_identifiers should be read_mostly 2009-11-18 05:03:25 -08:00
lapb net: remove NET_RX_BAD and NET_RX_CN* defines 2009-07-05 19:15:35 -07:00
llc net: pass kern to net_proto_family create function 2009-11-05 22:18:14 -08:00
mac80211 mac80211: request TX status where needed 2009-11-19 11:08:56 -05:00
netfilter netns: net_identifiers should be read_mostly 2009-11-18 05:03:25 -08:00
netlabel netlabel: remove dev_put() calls 2009-11-05 22:34:18 -08:00
netlink netlink: remove subscriptions check on notifier 2009-11-17 04:08:49 -08:00
netrom net: pass kern to net_proto_family create function 2009-11-05 22:18:14 -08:00
packet net: netlink_getname, packet_getname -- use DECLARE_SOCKADDR guard 2009-11-10 20:54:41 -08:00
phonet Phonet: convert devices list to RCU 2009-11-18 10:08:26 -08:00
rds net: pass kern to net_proto_family create function 2009-11-05 22:18:14 -08:00
rfkill rfkill: Add constant for RFKILL_TYPE_FM radio devices 2009-11-18 17:09:26 -05:00
rose Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-11-06 00:55:55 -08:00
rxrpc net: pass kern to net_proto_family create function 2009-11-05 22:18:14 -08:00
sched act_mirred: optimization. 2009-11-17 04:15:38 -08:00
sctp Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-11-17 00:05:02 -08:00
sunrpc Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-11-06 00:55:55 -08:00
tipc net: pass kern to net_proto_family create function 2009-11-05 22:18:14 -08:00
unix net: netlink_getname, packet_getname -- use DECLARE_SOCKADDR guard 2009-11-10 20:54:41 -08:00
wanrouter headers: smp_lock.h redux 2009-07-12 12:22:34 -07:00
wimax wimax: allow WIMAX_RF_QUERY calls when state is still uninitialized 2009-10-19 15:56:14 +09:00
wireless cfg80211: disallow bridging managed/adhoc interfaces 2009-11-19 11:08:54 -05:00
x25 net/x25: push BKL usage into x25_proto 2009-11-07 00:46:40 -08:00
xfrm xfrm: SAD entries do not expire correctly after suspend-resume 2009-11-08 20:58:41 -08:00
compat.c net: Cleanup redundant tests on unsigned 2009-10-29 01:39:54 -07:00
Kconfig net/compat/wext: send different messages to compat tasks 2009-07-15 08:53:39 -07:00
Makefile net: remove redundant sched/ in net/Makefile 2009-07-12 20:11:14 -07:00
nonet.c
socket.c net/atm: move all compat_ioctl handling to atm/ioctl.c 2009-11-11 19:22:23 -08:00
sysctl_net.c
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