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diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 538d6b76188..494ac69ff47 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -597,8 +597,10 @@ enum ieee80211_conf_flags {
* @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL: the channel/channel_type changed
* @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_RETRY_LIMITS: retry limits changed
* @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_IDLE: Idle flag changed
+ * @IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_SMPS: Spatial multiplexing powersave mode changed
*/
enum ieee80211_conf_changed {
+ IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_SMPS = BIT(1),
IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_LISTEN_INTERVAL = BIT(2),
IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_MONITOR = BIT(3),
IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS = BIT(4),
@@ -609,6 +611,21 @@ enum ieee80211_conf_changed {
};
/**
+ * enum ieee80211_smps_mode - spatial multiplexing power save mode
+ *
+ * @
+ */
+enum ieee80211_smps_mode {
+ IEEE80211_SMPS_AUTOMATIC,
+ IEEE80211_SMPS_OFF,
+ IEEE80211_SMPS_STATIC,
+ IEEE80211_SMPS_DYNAMIC,
+
+ /* keep last */
+ IEEE80211_SMPS_NUM_MODES,
+};
+
+/**
* struct ieee80211_conf - configuration of the device
*
* This struct indicates how the driver shall configure the hardware.
@@ -636,6 +653,10 @@ enum ieee80211_conf_changed {
* @short_frame_max_tx_count: Maximum number of transmissions for a "short"
* frame, called "dot11ShortRetryLimit" in 802.11, but actually means the
* number of transmissions not the number of retries
+ *
+ * @smps_mode: spatial multiplexing powersave mode; note that
+ * %IEEE80211_SMPS_STATIC is used when the device is not
+ * configured for an HT channel
*/
struct ieee80211_conf {
u32 flags;
@@ -648,6 +669,7 @@ struct ieee80211_conf {
struct ieee80211_channel *channel;
enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type;
+ enum ieee80211_smps_mode smps_mode;
};
/**
@@ -659,12 +681,14 @@ struct ieee80211_conf {
* @type: type of this virtual interface
* @bss_conf: BSS configuration for this interface, either our own
* or the BSS we're associated to
+ * @addr: address of this interface
* @drv_priv: data area for driver use, will always be aligned to
* sizeof(void *).
*/
struct ieee80211_vif {
enum nl80211_iftype type;
struct ieee80211_bss_conf bss_conf;
+ u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
/* must be last */
u8 drv_priv[0] __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(void *))));
};
@@ -928,6 +952,16 @@ enum ieee80211_tkip_key_type {
* @IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER:
* Hardware supports dropping of irrelevant beacon frames to
* avoid waking up cpu.
+ *
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_STATIC_SMPS:
+ * Hardware supports static spatial multiplexing powersave,
+ * ie. can turn off all but one chain even on HT connections
+ * that should be using more chains.
+ *
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_SMPS:
+ * Hardware supports dynamic spatial multiplexing powersave,
+ * ie. can turn off all but one chain and then wake the rest
+ * up as required after, for example, rts/cts handshake.
*/
enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL = 1<<0,
@@ -945,6 +979,8 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_PS = 1<<12,
IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE = 1<<13,
IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER = 1<<14,
+ IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_STATIC_SMPS = 1<<15,
+ IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_SMPS = 1<<16,
};
/**
@@ -1213,6 +1249,31 @@ ieee80211_get_alt_retry_rate(const struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
*/
/**
+ * DOC: Spatial multiplexing power save
+ *
+ * SMPS (Spatial multiplexing power save) is a mechanism to conserve
+ * power in an 802.11n implementation. For details on the mechanism
+ * and rationale, please refer to 802.11 (as amended by 802.11n-2009)
+ * "11.2.3 SM power save".
+ *
+ * The mac80211 implementation is capable of sending action frames
+ * to update the AP about the station's SMPS mode, and will instruct
+ * the driver to enter the specific mode. It will also announce the
+ * requested SMPS mode during the association handshake. Hardware
+ * support for this feature is required, and can be indicated by
+ * hardware flags.
+ *
+ * The default mode will be "automatic", which nl80211/cfg80211
+ * defines to be dynamic SMPS in (regular) powersave, and SMPS
+ * turned off otherwise.
+ *
+ * To support this feature, the driver must set the appropriate
+ * hardware support flags, and handle the SMPS flag to the config()
+ * operation. It will then with this mechanism be instructed to
+ * enter the requested SMPS mode while associated to an HT AP.
+ */
+
+/**
* DOC: Frame filtering
*
* mac80211 requires to see many management frames for proper