opnsense-src/sys/dev/ath
Adrian Chadd 22a3aee637 Implement my first cut at "correct" node power-save and
PS-POLL support.

This implements PS-POLL awareness i nthe

* Implement frame "leaking", which allows for a software queue
  to be scheduled even though it's asleep
* Track whether a frame has been leaked or not
* Leak out a single non-AMPDU frame when transmitting aggregates
* Queue BAR frames if the node is asleep
* Direct-dispatch the rest of control and management frames.
  This allows for things like re-association to occur (which involves
  sending probe req/resp as well as assoc request/response) when
  the node is asleep and then tries reassociating.
* Limit how many frames can set in the software node queue whilst
  the node is asleep.  net80211 is already buffering frames for us
  so this is mostly just paranoia.
* Add a PS-POLL method which leaks out a frame if there's something
  in the software queue, else it calls net80211's ps-poll routine.
  Since the ath PS-POLL routine marks the node as having a single frame
  to leak, either a software queued frame would leak, OR the next queued
  frame would leak. The next queued frame could be something from the
  net80211 power save queue, OR it could be a NULL frame from net80211.

TODO:

* Don't transmit further BAR frames (eg via a timeout) if the node is
  currently asleep.  Otherwise we may end up exhausting management frames
  due to the lots of queued BAR frames.

  I may just undo this bit later on and direct-dispatch BAR frames
  even if the node is asleep.

* It would be nice to burst out a single A-MPDU frame if both ends
  support this.  I may end adding a FreeBSD IE soon to negotiate
  this power save behaviour.

* I should make STAs timeout of power save mode if they've been in power
  save for more than a handful of seconds.  This way cards that get
  "stuck" in power save mode don't stay there for the "inactivity" timeout
  in net80211.

* Move the queue depth check into the driver layer (ath_start / ath_transmit)
  rather than doing it in the TX path.

* There could be some naughty corner cases with ps-poll leaking.
  Specifically, if net80211 generates a NULL data frame whilst another
  transmitter sends a normal data frame out net80211 output / transmit,
  we need to ensure that the NULL data frame goes out first.
  This is one of those things that should occur inside the VAP/ic TX lock.
  Grr, more investigations to do..

Tested:

* STA: AR5416, AR9280
* AP: AR5416, AR9280, AR9160
2013-05-15 18:33:05 +00:00
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ath_dfs/null Add a method to explicitly disable radar reporting if required. 2013-01-02 01:36:10 +00:00
ath_hal Implement STBC receive frame statistics. 2013-05-08 01:11:25 +00:00
ath_rate I give up - just throw the EWMA update into the normal update_stats() 2013-02-27 04:33:06 +00:00
ah_osdep.c Fix the HAL debugging to only use one bit to mark a message as unmaskable. 2012-07-01 02:34:32 +00:00
ah_osdep.h Migrate the ath_hal_filltxdesc() API to take a list of buffer/seglen values. 2012-08-05 10:12:27 +00:00
if_ath.c Implement my first cut at "correct" node power-save and 2013-05-15 18:33:05 +00:00
if_ath_ahb.c Create a new TX lock specifically for queuing frames. 2013-02-07 07:50:16 +00:00
if_ath_alq.c Support sending ATH_ALQ messages with no payload. 2013-05-13 21:17:27 +00:00
if_ath_alq.h Add ALQ beacon debugging. 2013-05-13 21:18:00 +00:00
if_ath_beacon.c Add ALQ beacon debugging. 2013-05-13 21:18:00 +00:00
if_ath_beacon.h Overhaul the TXQ locking (again!) as part of some beacon/cabq timing 2013-03-24 00:03:12 +00:00
if_ath_debug.c TX EDMA debugging fixes: 2012-11-05 07:08:45 +00:00
if_ath_debug.h Add a debug method to dump the EDMA TX status descriptor contents out. 2012-11-03 04:53:44 +00:00
if_ath_keycache.c Don't allocate or program a key for the AR5210. 2012-11-19 23:54:05 +00:00
if_ath_keycache.h Add a 'vap' to ath_keyset(). 2011-11-08 19:25:52 +00:00
if_ath_led.c Bring over the initial 802.11n bluetooth coexistence support code. 2012-06-26 22:16:53 +00:00
if_ath_led.h Refactor out the software LED config code into a common function, called 2011-12-26 05:46:22 +00:00
if_ath_misc.h This shouldn't have made it into this commit, sorry. 2013-05-08 08:53:55 +00:00
if_ath_pci.c Create a new TX lock specifically for queuing frames. 2013-02-07 07:50:16 +00:00
if_ath_rx.c Implement STBC receive frame statistics. 2013-05-08 01:11:25 +00:00
if_ath_rx.h Fix the busdma logic to work with EDMA chipsets when using bounce 2013-04-04 08:21:56 +00:00
if_ath_rx_edma.c Use a per-RX-queue deferred list, rather than a single deferred list for 2013-04-16 20:21:02 +00:00
if_ath_rx_edma.h Begin abstracting out the RX path in preparation for RX EDMA support. 2012-07-03 06:59:12 +00:00
if_ath_spectral.c Fix format size. 2013-01-08 22:42:15 +00:00
if_ath_spectral.h Add a new (skeleton) spectral mode manager module. 2013-01-02 03:59:02 +00:00
if_ath_sysctl.c Implement STBC receive frame statistics. 2013-05-08 01:11:25 +00:00
if_ath_sysctl.h Break out most of the HAL related tweaks into a per-HAL instance, 2011-06-23 02:38:36 +00:00
if_ath_tdma.c Overhaul the TXQ locking (again!) as part of some beacon/cabq timing 2013-03-24 00:03:12 +00:00
if_ath_tdma.h Migrate the TDMA management functions out of if_ath.c into if_ath_tdma.c. 2012-05-20 02:49:42 +00:00
if_ath_tsf.h Migrate the bulk of the RX routines out from if_ath.c to if_ath_rx.[ch]. 2012-05-20 02:05:10 +00:00
if_ath_tx.c Implement my first cut at "correct" node power-save and 2013-05-15 18:33:05 +00:00
if_ath_tx.h Implement my first cut at "correct" node power-save and 2013-05-15 18:33:05 +00:00
if_ath_tx_edma.c Make sure the holding descriptor and link pointer are both freed during 2013-05-10 10:06:45 +00:00
if_ath_tx_edma.h Begin separating out the TX DMA setup in preparation for TX EDMA support. 2012-07-23 03:52:18 +00:00
if_ath_tx_ht.c Implement my first cut at "correct" node power-save and 2013-05-15 18:33:05 +00:00
if_ath_tx_ht.h Implement my first cut at "correct" node power-save and 2013-05-15 18:33:05 +00:00
if_athdfs.h Add a method to explicitly disable radar reporting if required. 2013-01-02 01:36:10 +00:00
if_athioctl.h Implement my first cut at "correct" node power-save and 2013-05-15 18:33:05 +00:00
if_athrate.h Update the rate series setup code to use the decisions already made in 2013-04-17 07:21:30 +00:00
if_athvar.h Implement my first cut at "correct" node power-save and 2013-05-15 18:33:05 +00:00