mac80211: allow driver to ask for a rate control algorithm

This allows a driver to ask for a specific rate control algorithm.
The rate control algorithm asked for must be registered and be
available as a module or built-in.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[email protected]>
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Johannes Berg 2007-10-28 14:51:05 +01:00 • committed by David S. Miller
commit 830f903866
2 changed files with 7 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -1072,7 +1072,8 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
ieee80211_debugfs_add_netdev(IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(local->mdev));
ieee80211_if_set_type(local->mdev, IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP);
result = ieee80211_init_rate_ctrl_alg(local, NULL);
result = ieee80211_init_rate_ctrl_alg(local,
hw->rate_control_algorithm);
if (result < 0) {
printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Failed to initialize rate control "
"algorithm\n", wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy));