madwifi: add configurable rssi threshold and timeout values for protection mode

the 11b protection mode can harm throughput a lot, so let's make sure that it is
only active as long as it needs to be.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk@10899 3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73

1 files changed, 139 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/package/madwifi/patches/346-protmode_trig.patch b/package/madwifi/patches/346-protmode_trig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf28aaab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/madwifi/patches/346-protmode_trig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+Index: madwifi-trunk-r3314/net80211/ieee80211.c
+===================================================================
+--- madwifi-trunk-r3314.orig/net80211/ieee80211.c	2008-04-21 05:22:20.000000000 +0200
++++ madwifi-trunk-r3314/net80211/ieee80211.c	2008-04-21 05:23:46.000000000 +0200
+@@ -333,7 +333,9 @@
+ 			IEEE80211_MS_TO_TU(IEEE80211_BMISSTHRESH_DEFAULT_MS), 
+ 			ic->ic_lintval), ic->ic_lintval);
+ 	}
+-		
++	ic->ic_protmode_timeout = IEEE80211_PROTMODE_TIMEOUT;
++	ic->ic_protmode_rssi = IEEE80211_PROTMODE_RSSITHR;
++
+ 	IEEE80211_LOCK_INIT(ic, "ieee80211com");
+ 	IEEE80211_VAPS_LOCK_INIT(ic, "ieee80211com_vaps");
+ 	TAILQ_INIT(&ic->ic_vaps);
+Index: madwifi-trunk-r3314/net80211/ieee80211_input.c
+===================================================================
+--- madwifi-trunk-r3314.orig/net80211/ieee80211_input.c	2008-04-21 05:22:32.000000000 +0200
++++ madwifi-trunk-r3314/net80211/ieee80211_input.c	2008-04-21 05:23:46.000000000 +0200
+@@ -3412,16 +3412,32 @@
+ 			IEEE80211_IS_CHAN_ANYG(ic->ic_curchan)) {
+ 
+ 			/* Assume no ERP IE == 11b AP */
+-			if ((!has_erp || (has_erp && (scan.erp & IEEE80211_ERP_NON_ERP_PRESENT))) &&
+-				!(ic->ic_flags & IEEE80211_F_USEPROT)) {
++			if ((!has_erp || (has_erp &&
++				(scan.erp & IEEE80211_ERP_NON_ERP_PRESENT))) &&
++				(rssi > ic->ic_protmode_rssi)) {
+ 				struct ieee80211vap *tmpvap;
+ 
+-				ic->ic_flags |= IEEE80211_F_USEPROT;
+-				TAILQ_FOREACH(tmpvap, &ic->ic_vaps, iv_next) {
+-					tmpvap->iv_flags_ext |= IEEE80211_FEXT_ERPUPDATE;
++				if (!(ic->ic_flags & IEEE80211_F_USEPROT)) {
++					ic->ic_flags |= IEEE80211_F_USEPROT;
++					TAILQ_FOREACH(tmpvap, &ic->ic_vaps, iv_next) {
++						tmpvap->iv_flags_ext |= IEEE80211_FEXT_ERPUPDATE;
++					}
+ 				}
++				ic->ic_protmode_lasttrig = jiffies;
+ 			}
+ 		}
++		if ((ic->ic_flags & IEEE80211_F_USEPROT) &&
++			(ic->ic_protmode_lasttrig + ic->ic_protmode_timeout * HZ <
++				jiffies)) {
++			struct ieee80211vap *tmpvap;
++
++			/* expire protection mode */
++			ic->ic_flags &= ~IEEE80211_F_USEPROT;
++			TAILQ_FOREACH(tmpvap, &ic->ic_vaps, iv_next) {
++				tmpvap->iv_flags_ext |= IEEE80211_FEXT_ERPUPDATE;
++			}
++		}
++
+ 
+ 		/*
+ 		 * If scanning, just pass information to the scan module.
+Index: madwifi-trunk-r3314/net80211/ieee80211_ioctl.h
+===================================================================
+--- madwifi-trunk-r3314.orig/net80211/ieee80211_ioctl.h	2008-04-21 05:22:20.000000000 +0200
++++ madwifi-trunk-r3314/net80211/ieee80211_ioctl.h	2008-04-21 05:23:46.000000000 +0200
+@@ -643,6 +643,8 @@
+ 	IEEE80211_PARAM_BEACON_MISS_THRESH_MS	= 74,	/* Beacon miss threshold (in ms) */
+ 	IEEE80211_PARAM_MAXRATE			= 75,	/* Maximum rate (by table index) */
+ 	IEEE80211_PARAM_MINRATE			= 76,	/* Maximum rate (by table index) */
++	IEEE80211_PARAM_PROTMODE_RSSI		= 77,	/* RSSI Threshold for enabling protection mode */
++	IEEE80211_PARAM_PROTMODE_TIMEOUT	= 78,	/* Timeout for expiring protection mode */
+ };
+ 
+ #define	SIOCG80211STATS			(SIOCDEVPRIVATE+2)
+Index: madwifi-trunk-r3314/net80211/ieee80211_var.h
+===================================================================
+--- madwifi-trunk-r3314.orig/net80211/ieee80211_var.h	2008-04-21 05:22:20.000000000 +0200
++++ madwifi-trunk-r3314/net80211/ieee80211_var.h	2008-04-21 05:41:45.000000000 +0200
+@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@
+ 
+ #define	IEEE80211_APPIE_MAX	1024
+ 
++#define IEEE80211_PROTMODE_RSSITHR	15	/* default rssi threshold for protection mode trigger */
++#define IEEE80211_PROTMODE_TIMEOUT	30	/* timeout for keeping protection mode alive */
++
+ #define IEEE80211_PWRCONSTRAINT_VAL(ic) \
+ 	(((ic)->ic_bsschan->ic_maxregpower > (ic)->ic_curchanmaxpwr) ? \
+ 	    (ic)->ic_bsschan->ic_maxregpower - (ic)->ic_curchanmaxpwr : 0)
+@@ -324,6 +327,9 @@
+ 	u_int16_t ic_newtxpowlimit; 		/* tx power limit to change to (in 0.5 dBm) */
+ 	u_int16_t ic_uapsdmaxtriggers; 		/* max triggers that could arrive */
+ 	u_int8_t ic_coverageclass; 		/* coverage class */
++	u_int8_t ic_protmode_rssi;			/* rssi threshold for protection mode */
++	u_int64_t ic_protmode_lasttrig;		/* last trigger for protection mode */
++	u_int16_t ic_protmode_timeout;		/* protection mode timeout */
+ 
+ 	/* Channel state:
+ 	 *
+Index: madwifi-trunk-r3314/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c
+===================================================================
+--- madwifi-trunk-r3314.orig/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c	2008-04-21 05:22:20.000000000 +0200
++++ madwifi-trunk-r3314/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c	2008-04-21 05:23:46.000000000 +0200
+@@ -2312,6 +2312,12 @@
+ 		    IEEE80211_IS_CHAN_ANYG(ic->ic_bsschan))
+ 			retv = ENETRESET;
+ 		break;
++	case IEEE80211_PARAM_PROTMODE_TIMEOUT:
++		ic->ic_protmode_timeout = value;
++		break;
++	case IEEE80211_PARAM_PROTMODE_RSSI:
++		ic->ic_protmode_rssi = value;
++		break;
+ 	case IEEE80211_PARAM_MCASTCIPHER:
+ 		if ((vap->iv_caps & cipher2cap(value)) == 0 &&
+ 		    !ieee80211_crypto_available(vap, value))
+@@ -2955,6 +2961,12 @@
+ 	case IEEE80211_PARAM_PROTMODE:
+ 		param[0] = ic->ic_protmode;
+ 		break;
++	case IEEE80211_PARAM_PROTMODE_TIMEOUT:
++		param[0] = ic->ic_protmode_timeout;
++		break;
++	case IEEE80211_PARAM_PROTMODE_RSSI:
++		param[0] = ic->ic_protmode_rssi;
++		break;
+ 	case IEEE80211_PARAM_MCASTCIPHER:
+ 		param[0] = rsn->rsn_mcastcipher;
+ 		break;
+@@ -5346,6 +5358,14 @@
+ 	  IW_PRIV_TYPE_INT | IW_PRIV_SIZE_FIXED | 1, 0, "protmode" },
+ 	{ IEEE80211_PARAM_PROTMODE,
+ 	  0, IW_PRIV_TYPE_INT | IW_PRIV_SIZE_FIXED | 1, "get_protmode" },
++	{ IEEE80211_PARAM_PROTMODE_RSSI,
++	  IW_PRIV_TYPE_INT | IW_PRIV_SIZE_FIXED | 1, 0, "protrssi" },
++	{ IEEE80211_PARAM_PROTMODE_RSSI,
++	  0, IW_PRIV_TYPE_INT | IW_PRIV_SIZE_FIXED | 1, "get_protrssi" },
++	{ IEEE80211_PARAM_PROTMODE_TIMEOUT,
++	  IW_PRIV_TYPE_INT | IW_PRIV_SIZE_FIXED | 1, 0, "prottime" },
++	{ IEEE80211_PARAM_PROTMODE_TIMEOUT,
++	  0, IW_PRIV_TYPE_INT | IW_PRIV_SIZE_FIXED | 1, "get_prottime" },
+ 	{ IEEE80211_PARAM_MCASTCIPHER,
+ 	  IW_PRIV_TYPE_INT | IW_PRIV_SIZE_FIXED | 1, 0, "mcastcipher" },
+ 	{ IEEE80211_PARAM_MCASTCIPHER,