From 885bd8eca6ac172e299750d99bd5c9fddbed89b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eliad Peller Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:44:55 +0200 Subject: mac80211: support hw scan while idle Currently, mac80211 goes to idle-off before starting a scan. However, some devices that implement hw scan might not need going idle-off in order to perform a hw scan, and thus saving some energy and simplifying their state machine. (Note that this is also the case for sched scan - it currently doesn't make mac80211 go idle-off) Add a new flag to indicate support for hw scan while idle. Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/net/mac80211.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 922313f0b39b..cbff4f94a200 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -1164,6 +1164,10 @@ enum sta_notify_cmd { * @IEEE80211_HW_TX_AMPDU_SETUP_IN_HW: The device handles TX A-MPDU session * setup strictly in HW. mac80211 should not attempt to do this in * software. + * + * @IEEE80211_HW_SCAN_WHILE_IDLE: The device can do hw scan while + * being idle (i.e. mac80211 doesn't have to go idle-off during the + * the scan). */ enum ieee80211_hw_flags { IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL = 1<<0, @@ -1190,6 +1194,7 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags { IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PER_STA_GTK = 1<<21, IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS = 1<<22, IEEE80211_HW_TX_AMPDU_SETUP_IN_HW = 1<<23, + IEEE80211_HW_SCAN_WHILE_IDLE = 1<<24, }; /** -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b