mwifiex: add auto TDLS support
authorAvinash Patil <patila@marvell.com>
Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:24:16 +0000 (21:54 +0530)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Mon, 17 Nov 2014 20:32:14 +0000 (15:32 -0500)
commit9927baa3c7244b1f80582fc7360a7662bcb648ba
tree83cf97d5dfa4cf33c6a86389f780602ac87789d9
parent16fa5e659f3c3b2a5edfd0a40fc8d0116d9cd52b
mwifiex: add auto TDLS support

This patch adds auto TDLS support to mwifiex.

Auto TDLS functionality works as follows:
1. Whenever userspace application has triggered TDLS connection with
any peer, driver would store this peer mac address details in its database.
2. After this driver whenever driver receives packet on direct link,
it would store rssi and timestamp in peer information.
3. Whenever a packet is to be transmitted to non-AP peer in station mode,
driver would check if TDLS link can be established by looking at peer RSSI
information. Driver would initiate TDLS setup in such cases.
4. Periodic timer is used for updating peer information.
5. Auto TDLS peer list & timer are cleared during disconnection or driver unload.

Signed-off-by: Avinash Patil <patila@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Cathy Luo <cluo@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/decl.h
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_event.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_rx.c
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/tdls.c
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