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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-08 07:55:01 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-08 07:55:01 -0800
commitd7fc02c7bae7b1cf69269992cf880a43a350cdaa (patch)
treea43d56fa72913a1cc98a0bbebe054d08581b3a7c /drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h
parentMerge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-next-2.6 (diff)
parentMerge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/ (diff)
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1815 commits) mac80211: fix reorder buffer release iwmc3200wifi: Enable wimax core through module parameter iwmc3200wifi: Add wifi-wimax coexistence mode as a module parameter iwmc3200wifi: Coex table command does not expect a response iwmc3200wifi: Update wiwi priority table iwlwifi: driver version track kernel version iwlwifi: indicate uCode type when fail dump error/event log iwl3945: remove duplicated event logging code b43: fix two warnings ipw2100: fix rebooting hang with driver loaded cfg80211: indent regulatory messages with spaces iwmc3200wifi: fix NULL pointer dereference in pmkid update mac80211: Fix TX status reporting for injected data frames ath9k: enable 2GHz band only if the device supports it airo: Fix integer overflow warning rt2x00: Fix padding bug on L2PAD devices. WE: Fix set events not propagated b43legacy: avoid PPC fault during resume b43: avoid PPC fault during resume tcp: fix a timewait refcnt race ... Fix up conflicts due to sysctl cleanups (dead sysctl_check code and CTL_UNNUMBERED removed) in kernel/sysctl_check.c net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c net/ipv6/addrconf.c net/sctp/sysctl.c
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h19
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h
index d393e8f02102..6d95832db06d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@
* device. A queue maps to only one (selectable by driver) Tx DMA channel,
* but one DMA channel may take input from several queues.
*
- * Tx DMA channels have dedicated purposes. For 4965, they are used as follows:
+ * Tx DMA channels have dedicated purposes. For 4965, they are used as follows
+ * (cf. default_queue_to_tx_fifo in iwl-4965.c):
*
* 0 -- EDCA BK (background) frames, lowest priority
* 1 -- EDCA BE (best effort) frames, normal priority
@@ -265,9 +266,21 @@
* 6 -- HCCA long frames
* 7 -- not used by driver (device-internal only)
*
+ * For 5000 series and up, they are used slightly differently
+ * (cf. iwl5000_default_queue_to_tx_fifo in iwl-5000.c):
+ *
+ * 0 -- EDCA BK (background) frames, lowest priority
+ * 1 -- EDCA BE (best effort) frames, normal priority
+ * 2 -- EDCA VI (video) frames, higher priority
+ * 3 -- EDCA VO (voice) and management frames, highest priority
+ * 4 -- (TBD)
+ * 5 -- HCCA short frames
+ * 6 -- HCCA long frames
+ * 7 -- Commands
+ *
* Driver should normally map queues 0-6 to Tx DMA/FIFO channels 0-6.
- * In addition, driver can map queues 7-15 to Tx DMA/FIFO channels 0-3 to
- * support 11n aggregation via EDCA DMA channels.
+ * In addition, driver can map the remaining queues to Tx DMA/FIFO
+ * channels 0-3 to support 11n aggregation via EDCA DMA channels.
*
* The driver sets up each queue to work in one of two modes:
*