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Kalle Valo ffb9eb3d8b nl80211: add power save commands 
The most needed command from nl80211, which Wireless Extensions had,
is support for power save mode. Add a simple command to make it possible
to enable and disable power save via nl80211.

I was also planning about extending the interface, for example adding the
timeout value, but after thinking more about this I decided not to do it.
Basically there were three reasons:

Firstly, the parameters for power save are very much hardware dependent.
Trying to find a unified interface which would work with all hardware, and
still make sense to users, will be very difficult.

Secondly, IEEE 802.11 power save implementation in Linux is still in state
of flux. We have a long way to still to go and there is no way to predict
what kind of implementation we will have after few years. And because we
need to support nl80211 interface a long time, practically forever, adding
now parameters to nl80211 might create maintenance problems later on.

Third issue are the users. Power save parameters are mostly used for
debugging, so debugfs is better, more flexible, interface for this.
For example, wpa_supplicant currently doesn't configure anything related
to power save mode. It's better to strive that kernel can automatically
optimise the power save parameters, like with help of pm qos network
and other traffic parameters.

Later on, when we have better understanding of power save, we can extend
this command with more features, if there's a need for that.

Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-02-19 15:52:40 -05:00
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9p 9p: fix readdir corner cases 2009-11-02 08:43:45 -06:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Implement RejActioned flag 2009-12-03 19:34:24 +01:00
irda net: mark read-only arrays as const 2009-08-05 10:42:58 -07:00
iucv af_iucv: Return -EAGAIN if iucv msg limit is exceeded 2009-06-19 00:10:40 -07:00
netfilter Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-11-06 00:55:55 -08:00
netns net: Allow xfrm_user_net_exit to batch efficiently. 2009-12-03 12:22:03 -08:00
phonet Phonet: convert devices list to RCU 2009-11-18 10:08:26 -08:00
sctp Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-11-29 00:57:15 -08:00
tc_act pkt_sched: skbedit add support for setting mark 2009-10-22 21:56:42 -07:00
tipc
act_api.h net: restore gnet_stats_basic to previous definition 2009-08-17 21:33:49 -07:00
addrconf.h bonding: remap muticast addresses without using dev_close() and dev_open() 2009-09-15 02:37:40 -07:00
af_ieee802154.h af_ieee802154: add support for WANT_ACK socket option 2009-08-12 21:54:50 -07:00
af_rxrpc.h
af_unix.h net: Fix soft lockups/OOM issues w/ unix garbage collector 2008-11-26 15:32:27 -08:00
ah.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
arp.h net: make neigh_ops constant 2009-09-01 17:40:57 -07:00
atmclip.h clip: convert to internal network_device_stats 2009-01-21 14:01:59 -08:00
ax25.h
ax88796.h ax88796: Add method to take MAC from platform data 2009-03-24 23:32:03 -07:00
cfg80211.h nl80211: add power save commands 2010-02-19 15:52:40 -05:00
checksum.h include/net net/ - csum_partial - remove unnecessary casts 2008-11-19 15:44:53 -08:00
cipso_ipv4.h netlabel: Label incoming TCP connections correctly in SELinux 2009-03-28 15:01:36 +11:00
compat.h net: Avoid compiler warning for mmsghdr when CONFIG_COMPAT is not selected 2009-10-20 01:09:17 -07:00
datalink.h
dcbnl.h dcbnl: Add support for setapp/getapp to netdev dcbnl_rtnl_ops 2009-09-01 01:24:30 -07:00
dn_dev.h Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2009-12-08 07:55:01 -08:00
dn_fib.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
dn_neigh.h
dn_nsp.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
dn_route.h
dn.h decnet: compile fix for removal of byteorder wrapper 2008-11-27 23:04:13 -08:00
dsa.h dsa: add switch chip cascading support 2009-03-21 19:06:54 -07:00
dsfield.h
dst_ops.h netns: embed ip6_dst_ops directly 2009-09-01 17:40:31 -07:00
dst.h tcp: Use defaults when no route options are available 2009-11-04 23:24:15 -08:00
esp.h
ethoc.h net: Add support for the OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC. 2009-03-27 00:16:21 -07:00
fib_rules.h net: Allow fib_rule_unregister to batch 2009-12-03 12:22:55 -08:00
flow.h netns xfrm: lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:35:18 -08:00
garp.h
gen_stats.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
genetlink.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
icmp.h mib: put icmpmsg statistics on struct net 2008-07-18 04:04:22 -07:00
ieee80211_radiotap.h wireless: update radiotap parser 2010-02-08 16:50:53 -05:00
ieee802154_netdev.h ieee802154: add an mlme_ops call to retrieve PHY object 2009-11-06 14:32:18 +03:00
ieee802154.h ieee802154: move headers out of extra directory 2009-07-23 17:08:51 +04:00
if_inet6.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
inet6_connection_sock.h
inet6_hashtables.h tcp: Fix a connect() race with timewait sockets 2009-12-08 20:17:51 -08:00
inet_common.h
inet_connection_sock.h net: Make setsockopt() optlen be unsigned. 2009-09-30 16:12:20 -07:00
inet_ecn.h net: replace __constant_{endian} uses in net headers 2009-02-14 22:58:35 -08:00
inet_frag.h inet fragments: fix sparse warning: context imbalance 2009-02-26 23:13:35 -08:00
inet_hashtables.h tcp: Fix a connect() race with timewait sockets 2009-12-08 20:17:51 -08:00
inet_sock.h inet: rename some inet_sock fields 2009-10-18 18:52:53 -07:00
inet_timewait_sock.h tcp: Fix a connect() race with timewait sockets 2009-12-08 20:17:51 -08:00
inetpeer.h inetpeer: Optimize inet_getid() 2009-11-13 20:46:58 -08:00
ip6_checksum.h
ip6_fib.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
ip6_route.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
ip6_tunnel.h
ip_fib.h Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-11-06 00:55:55 -08:00
ip_vs.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
ip.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
ipcomp.h ipsec: ipcomp - Merge IPComp implementations 2008-07-25 02:54:40 -07:00
ipconfig.h
ipip.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
ipv6.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
ipx.h net: replace __constant_{endian} uses in net headers 2009-02-14 22:58:35 -08:00
iw_handler.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
lapb.h
lib80211.h wireless: missing include in lib80211.h 2008-11-21 11:42:55 -05:00
llc_c_ac.h
llc_c_ev.h
llc_c_st.h
llc_conn.h
llc_if.h
llc_pdu.h
llc_s_ac.h
llc_s_ev.h
llc_s_st.h
llc_sap.h
llc.h
mac80211.h cfg80211/mac80211: allow registering for and sending action frames 2010-02-15 16:14:15 -05:00
mip6.h
ndisc.h sysctl: remove "struct file *" argument of ->proc_handler 2009-09-24 07:21:04 -07:00
neighbour.h Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2009-12-08 07:55:01 -08:00
net_namespace.h net: Add support for batching network namespace cleanups 2009-12-03 12:22:01 -08:00
netdma.h net_dma: convert to dma_find_channel 2009-01-06 11:38:15 -07:00
netevent.h
netlabel.h netlabel: Cleanup the Smack/NetLabel code to fix incoming TCP connections 2009-03-28 15:01:37 +11:00
netlink.h netlink: constify nlmsghdr arguments 2009-08-25 16:07:40 +02:00
netrom.h netrom: convert to internal net_device_stats 2009-01-21 14:02:01 -08:00
nexthop.h
nl802154.h ieee802154: add support for channel pages from IEEE 802.15.4-2006 2009-08-19 23:08:22 +04:00
p8022.h
pkt_cls.h net: rename skb->iif to skb->skb_iif 2009-11-20 15:35:04 -08:00
pkt_sched.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
protocol.h net: drop capability from protocol definitions 2009-11-05 21:40:17 -08:00
psnap.h snap: use const for descriptor 2009-03-21 19:06:50 -07:00
raw.h
rawv6.h ipv6: Use correct data types for ICMPv6 type and code 2009-06-23 04:31:07 -07:00
red.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
regulatory.h cfg80211: add regulatory hint disconnect support 2010-02-01 15:40:06 -05:00
request_sock.h TCPCT part 1a: add request_values parameter for sending SYNACK 2009-12-02 22:07:23 -08:00
rose.h NET: ROSE: Don't use static buffer. 2009-07-26 19:11:14 -07:00
route.h net: NETDEV_UNREGISTER_PERNET -> NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH 2009-12-01 16:15:50 -08:00
rtnetlink.h net: Support specifying the network namespace upon device creation. 2009-11-08 00:53:51 -08:00
sch_generic.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
scm.h net: cleanup include/net 2009-11-04 05:06:25 -08:00
slhc_vj.h
snmp.h snmp: add missing counters for RFC 4293 2009-04-27 02:45:02 -07:00
sock.h udp: secondary hash on (local port, local address) 2009-11-08 20:53:06 -08:00
stp.h
tcp_states.h
tcp.h tcp: Stalling connections: Move timeout calculation routine 2009-12-08 20:56:11 -08:00
timewait_sock.h net: Fix memory leak in the proto_register function 2008-11-21 16:45:22 -08:00
transp_v6.h inet: inet_connection_sock_af_ops const 2009-09-02 01:03:49 -07:00
udp.h udp: bind() optimisation 2009-11-10 20:54:38 -08:00
udplite.h udp: introduce struct udp_table and multiple spinlocks 2008-10-29 01:41:45 -07:00
wext.h wext: refactor 2009-10-07 16:39:43 -04:00
wimax.h wimax/i2400m: clarify and fix i2400m->{ready,updown} 2009-10-19 15:56:07 +09:00
wpan-phy.h ieee802154: add support for creation/removal of logic interfaces 2009-11-06 14:32:24 +03:00
x25.h X25: Move SYSCTL ifdefs into header 2009-11-29 00:24:59 -08:00
x25device.h
xfrm.h xfrm: Store aalg in xfrm_state with a user specified truncation length 2009-11-25 15:48:38 -08:00