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[MAC80211]: some more documentation
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This patch formats some documentation in mac80211.h into kerneldoc
and also adds some more explanations for hardware crypto.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Acked-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Johannes Berg authored and David S. Miller committed Oct 10, 2007
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148 changes: 105 additions & 43 deletions include/net/mac80211.h
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int ifindex; /* internal */
};

/* Receive status. The low-level driver should provide this information
* (the subset supported by hardware) to the 802.11 code with each received
* frame. */

/**
* enum mac80211_rx_flags - receive flags
*
* These flags are used with the @flag member of &struct ieee80211_rx_status.
* @RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR: Michael MIC error was reported on this frame.
* Use together with %RX_FLAG_MMIC_STRIPPED.
* @RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED: This frame was decrypted in hardware.
* @RX_FLAG_RADIOTAP: This frame starts with a radiotap header.
* @RX_FLAG_MMIC_STRIPPED: the Michael MIC is stripped off this frame,
* verification has been done by the hardware.
* @RX_FLAG_IV_STRIPPED: The IV/ICV are stripped from this frame.
* If this flag is set, the stack cannot do any replay detection
* hence the driver or hardware will have to do that.
*/
enum mac80211_rx_flags {
RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR = 1<<0,
RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED = 1<<1,
RX_FLAG_RADIOTAP = 1<<2,
RX_FLAG_MMIC_STRIPPED = 1<<3,
RX_FLAG_IV_STRIPPED = 1<<4,
};

/**
* struct ieee80211_rx_status - receive status
*
* The low-level driver should provide this information (the subset
* supported by hardware) to the 802.11 code with each received
* frame.
* @mactime: MAC timestamp as defined by 802.11
* @freq: frequency the radio was tuned to when receiving this frame, in MHz
* @channel: channel the radio was tuned to
* @phymode: active PHY mode
* @ssi: signal strength when receiving this frame
* @signal: used as 'qual' in statistics reporting
* @noise: PHY noise when receiving this frame
* @antenna: antenna used
* @rate: data rate
* @flag: %RX_FLAG_*
*/
struct ieee80211_rx_status {
u64 mactime;
int freq; /* receive frequency in Mhz */
int freq;
int channel;
int phymode;
int ssi;
int signal; /* used as qual in statistics reporting */
int signal;
int noise;
int antenna;
int rate;
#define RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR (1<<0)
#define RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED (1<<1)
#define RX_FLAG_RADIOTAP (1<<2)
#define RX_FLAG_MMIC_STRIPPED (1<<3)
#define RX_FLAG_IV_STRIPPED (1<<4)
int flag;
};

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struct ieee80211_tx_control *beacon_control;
};

typedef enum {
/**
* enum ieee80211_key_alg - key algorithm
* @ALG_NONE: Unset key algorithm, will never be passed to the driver
* @ALG_WEP: WEP40 or WEP104
* @ALG_TKIP: TKIP
* @ALG_CCMP: CCMP (AES)
*/
typedef enum ieee80211_key_alg {
ALG_NONE,
ALG_WEP,
ALG_TKIP,
ALG_CCMP,
} ieee80211_key_alg;

/*
* This flag indiciates that the station this key is being
* configured for may use QoS. If your hardware cannot handle
* that situation it should reject that key.
*/
#define IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_WMM_STA (1<<0)
/*
* This flag should be set by the driver if it requires
* IV generation in software for this key.
*/
#define IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV (1<<1)
/*
* This flag should be set by the driver if it requires
* MMIC generation in software for this key.

/**
* enum ieee80211_key_flags - key flags
*
* These flags are used for communication about keys between the driver
* and mac80211, with the @flags parameter of &struct ieee80211_key_conf.
*
* @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_WMM_STA: Set by mac80211, this flag indicates
* that the STA this key will be used with could be using QoS.
* @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV: This flag should be set by the
* driver to indicate that it requires IV generation for this
* particular key.
* @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_MMIC: This flag should be set by
* the driver for a TKIP key if it requires Michael MIC
* generation in software.
*/
#define IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_MMIC (1<<2)
enum ieee80211_key_flags {
IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_WMM_STA = 1<<0,
IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV = 1<<1,
IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_MMIC= 1<<2,
};

/**
* struct ieee80211_key_conf - key information
*
* This key information is given by mac80211 to the driver by
* the set_key() callback in &struct ieee80211_ops.
*
* @hw_key_idx: To be set by the driver, this is the key index the driver
* wants to be given when a frame is transmitted and needs to be
* encrypted in hardware. It defaults to %HW_KEY_IDX_INVALID which
* the driver may not use.
* @alg: The key algorithm.
* @flags: key flags, see &enum ieee80211_key_flags.
* @keyidx: the key index (0-3)
* @keylen: key material length
* @key: key material
*/
struct ieee80211_key_conf {
/*
* To be set by the driver to the key index it would like to
* get in the ieee80211_tx_control.key_idx which defaults
* to HW_KEY_IDX_INVALID so that shouldn't be used.
*/
int hw_key_idx;

/* key algorithm, ALG_NONE should never be seen by the driver */
ieee80211_key_alg alg;

/* key flags, see above */
u8 flags;

/* key index: 0-3 */
s8 keyidx;

/* length of key material */
u8 keylen;

/* the key material */
u8 key[0];
};

#define IEEE80211_SEQ_COUNTER_RX 0
#define IEEE80211_SEQ_COUNTER_TX 1

typedef enum {
/**
* enum set_key_cmd - key command
*
* Used with the set_key() callback in &struct ieee80211_ops, this
* indicates whether a key is being removed or added.
*
* @SET_KEY: a key is set
* @DISABLE_KEY: a key must be disabled
*/
typedef enum set_key_cmd {
SET_KEY, DISABLE_KEY,
} set_key_cmd;

/* This is driver-visible part of the per-hw state the stack keeps. */
/**
* struct ieee80211_hw - hardware information and state
* TODO: move documentation into kernel-doc format
*/
struct ieee80211_hw {
/* points to the cfg80211 wiphy for this piece. Note
* that you must fill in the perm_addr and dev fields
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* assigned to something other than HW_KEY_IDX_INVALID. When the cmd
* is DISABLE_KEY then it must succeed.
*
* Note that it is permissible to not decrypt a frame even if a key
* for it has been uploaded to hardware, the stack will not make any
* decision based on whether a key has been uploaded or not but rather
* based on the receive flags.
*
* This callback can sleep, and is only called between add_interface
* and remove_interface calls, i.e. while the interface with the
* given local_address is enabled.
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