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author | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2010-08-17 12:04:34 +0200 |
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committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-08-24 16:28:16 -0400 |
commit | 352de5573f60af0ab054859931cfb68eecb1832b (patch) | |
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parent | d7eb50c0f7cb5d3ebb7bea8c681a6dfda3819a3b (diff) | |
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wireless: move documentation books
This moves mac80211 documentation into a new
802.11 bookset and also adds a cfg80211 book
to the set. All of this is rather incomplete,
but it's easier to work with big code moving
as a separate patch.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/80211.tmpl | 371 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/Makefile | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl | 337 |
3 files changed, 372 insertions, 338 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/80211.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/80211.tmpl new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6f88e184d2e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/80211.tmpl @@ -0,0 +1,371 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE set PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []> +<set> + <setinfo> + <title>The 802.11 subsystems – for kernel developers</title> + <subtitle> + Explaining wireless 802.11 networking in the Linux kernel + </subtitle> + + <copyright> + <year>2007-2009</year> + <holder>Johannes Berg</holder> + </copyright> + + <authorgroup> + <author> + <firstname>Johannes</firstname> + <surname>Berg</surname> + <affiliation> + <address><email>johannes@sipsolutions.net</email></address> + </affiliation> + </author> + </authorgroup> + + <legalnotice> + <para> + This documentation is free software; you can redistribute + it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public + License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. + </para> + <para> + This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be + useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied + warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. + See the GNU General Public License for more details. + </para> + <para> + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public + License along with this documentation; if not, write to the Free + Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, + MA 02111-1307 USA + </para> + <para> + For more details see the file COPYING in the source + distribution of Linux. + </para> + </legalnotice> + + <abstract> + <para> + These books attempt to give a description of the + various subsystems that play a role in 802.11 wireless + networking in Linux. Since these books are for kernel + developers they attempts to document the structures + and functions used in the kernel as well as giving a + higher-level overview. + </para> + <para> + The reader is expected to be familiar with the 802.11 + standard as published by the IEEE in 802.11-2007 (or + possibly later versions). References to this standard + will be given as "802.11-2007 8.1.5". + </para> + </abstract> + </setinfo> + <book id="cfg80211-developers-guide"> + <bookinfo> + <title>The cfg80211 subsystem</title> + + <abstract> + <para> +MISSING + </para> + </abstract> + </bookinfo> + <part><chapter> +!Finclude/net/cfg80211.h ieee80211_band + </chapter></part> + </book> + <book id="mac80211-developers-guide"> + <bookinfo> + <title>The mac80211 subsystem</title> + <abstract> +!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Introduction +!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Warning + </abstract> + </bookinfo> + + <toc></toc> + + <!-- + Generally, this document shall be ordered by increasing complexity. + It is important to note that readers should be able to read only + the first few sections to get a working driver and only advanced + usage should require reading the full document. + --> + + <part> + <title>The basic mac80211 driver interface</title> + <partintro> + <para> + You should read and understand the information contained + within this part of the book while implementing a driver. + In some chapters, advanced usage is noted, that may be + skipped at first. + </para> + <para> + This part of the book only covers station and monitor mode + functionality, additional information required to implement + the other modes is covered in the second part of the book. + </para> + </partintro> + + <chapter id="basics"> + <title>Basic hardware handling</title> + <para>TBD</para> + <para> + This chapter shall contain information on getting a hw + struct allocated and registered with mac80211. + </para> + <para> + Since it is required to allocate rates/modes before registering + a hw struct, this chapter shall also contain information on setting + up the rate/mode structs. + </para> + <para> + Additionally, some discussion about the callbacks and + the general programming model should be in here, including + the definition of ieee80211_ops which will be referred to + a lot. + </para> + <para> + Finally, a discussion of hardware capabilities should be done + with references to other parts of the book. + </para> + <!-- intentionally multiple !F lines to get proper order --> +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_hw +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_hw_flags +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h SET_IEEE80211_DEV +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ops +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_alloc_hw +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_register_hw +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tx_led_name +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_rx_led_name +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_radio_led_name +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_unregister_hw +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_free_hw + </chapter> + + <chapter id="phy-handling"> + <title>PHY configuration</title> + <para>TBD</para> + <para> + This chapter should describe PHY handling including + start/stop callbacks and the various structures used. + </para> +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_conf +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_conf_flags + </chapter> + + <chapter id="iface-handling"> + <title>Virtual interfaces</title> + <para>TBD</para> + <para> + This chapter should describe virtual interface basics + that are relevant to the driver (VLANs, MGMT etc are not.) + It should explain the use of the add_iface/remove_iface + callbacks as well as the interface configuration callbacks. + </para> + <para>Things related to AP mode should be discussed there.</para> + <para> + Things related to supporting multiple interfaces should be + in the appropriate chapter, a BIG FAT note should be here about + this though and the recommendation to allow only a single + interface in STA mode at first! + </para> +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_vif + </chapter> + + <chapter id="rx-tx"> + <title>Receive and transmit processing</title> + <sect1> + <title>what should be here</title> + <para>TBD</para> + <para> + This should describe the receive and transmit + paths in mac80211/the drivers as well as + transmit status handling. + </para> + </sect1> + <sect1> + <title>Frame format</title> +!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Frame format + </sect1> + <sect1> + <title>Packet alignment</title> +!Pnet/mac80211/rx.c Packet alignment + </sect1> + <sect1> + <title>Calling into mac80211 from interrupts</title> +!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Calling mac80211 from interrupts + </sect1> + <sect1> + <title>functions/definitions</title> +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx_status +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h mac80211_rx_flags +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_info +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx_irqsafe +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_status +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rts_get +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rts_duration +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ctstoself_get +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ctstoself_duration +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_generic_frame_duration +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_wake_queue +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_queue +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_wake_queues +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_queues + </sect1> + </chapter> + + <chapter id="filters"> + <title>Frame filtering</title> +!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Frame filtering +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_filter_flags + </chapter> + </part> + + <part id="advanced"> + <title>Advanced driver interface</title> + <partintro> + <para> + Information contained within this part of the book is + of interest only for advanced interaction of mac80211 + with drivers to exploit more hardware capabilities and + improve performance. + </para> + </partintro> + + <chapter id="hardware-crypto-offload"> + <title>Hardware crypto acceleration</title> +!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Hardware crypto acceleration + <!-- intentionally multiple !F lines to get proper order --> +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h set_key_cmd +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_conf +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_alg +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_flags + </chapter> + + <chapter id="powersave"> + <title>Powersave support</title> +!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Powersave support + </chapter> + + <chapter id="beacon-filter"> + <title>Beacon filter support</title> +!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Beacon filter support +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_beacon_loss + </chapter> + + <chapter id="qos"> + <title>Multiple queues and QoS support</title> + <para>TBD</para> +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_queue_params + </chapter> + + <chapter id="AP"> + <title>Access point mode support</title> + <para>TBD</para> + <para>Some parts of the if_conf should be discussed here instead</para> + <para> + Insert notes about VLAN interfaces with hw crypto here or + in the hw crypto chapter. + </para> +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_buffered_bc +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_beacon_get + </chapter> + + <chapter id="multi-iface"> + <title>Supporting multiple virtual interfaces</title> + <para>TBD</para> + <para> + Note: WDS with identical MAC address should almost always be OK + </para> + <para> + Insert notes about having multiple virtual interfaces with + different MAC addresses here, note which configurations are + supported by mac80211, add notes about supporting hw crypto + with it. + </para> + </chapter> + + <chapter id="hardware-scan-offload"> + <title>Hardware scan offload</title> + <para>TBD</para> +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_scan_completed + </chapter> + </part> + + <part id="rate-control"> + <title>Rate control interface</title> + <partintro> + <para>TBD</para> + <para> + This part of the book describes the rate control algorithm + interface and how it relates to mac80211 and drivers. + </para> + </partintro> + <chapter id="dummy"> + <title>dummy chapter</title> + <para>TBD</para> + </chapter> + </part> + + <part id="internal"> + <title>Internals</title> + <partintro> + <para>TBD</para> + <para> + This part of the book describes mac80211 internals. + </para> + </partintro> + + <chapter id="key-handling"> + <title>Key handling</title> + <sect1> + <title>Key handling basics</title> +!Pnet/mac80211/key.c Key handling basics + </sect1> + <sect1> + <title>MORE TBD</title> + <para>TBD</para> + </sect1> + </chapter> + + <chapter id="rx-processing"> + <title>Receive processing</title> + <para>TBD</para> + </chapter> + + <chapter id="tx-processing"> + <title>Transmit processing</title> + <para>TBD</para> + </chapter> + + <chapter id="sta-info"> + <title>Station info handling</title> + <sect1> + <title>Programming information</title> +!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h sta_info +!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h ieee80211_sta_info_flags + </sect1> + <sect1> + <title>STA information lifetime rules</title> +!Pnet/mac80211/sta_info.c STA information lifetime rules + </sect1> + </chapter> + + <chapter id="synchronisation"> + <title>Synchronisation</title> + <para>TBD</para> + <para>Locking, lots of RCU</para> + </chapter> + </part> + </book> +</set> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index c7e5dc7e8cb3..b6f2ba2f36b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml mcabook.xml device-drivers.xml \ kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml usb.xml kgdb.xml \ gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \ genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml uio-howto.xml scsi.xml \ - mac80211.xml debugobjects.xml sh.xml regulator.xml \ + 80211.xml debugobjects.xml sh.xml regulator.xml \ alsa-driver-api.xml writing-an-alsa-driver.xml \ tracepoint.xml media.xml drm.xml diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl deleted file mode 100644 index affb15a344a1..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl +++ /dev/null @@ -1,337 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []> - -<book id="mac80211-developers-guide"> - <bookinfo> - <title>The mac80211 subsystem for kernel developers</title> - - <authorgroup> - <author> - <firstname>Johannes</firstname> - <surname>Berg</surname> - <affiliation> - <address><email>johannes@sipsolutions.net</email></address> - </affiliation> - </author> - </authorgroup> - - <copyright> - <year>2007-2009</year> - <holder>Johannes Berg</holder> - </copyright> - - <legalnotice> - <para> - This documentation is free software; you can redistribute - it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public - License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. - </para> - - <para> - This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be - useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied - warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. - See the GNU General Public License for more details. - </para> - - <para> - You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public - License along with this documentation; if not, write to the Free - Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, - MA 02111-1307 USA - </para> - - <para> - For more details see the file COPYING in the source - distribution of Linux. - </para> - </legalnotice> - - <abstract> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Introduction -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Warning - </abstract> - </bookinfo> - - <toc></toc> - -<!-- -Generally, this document shall be ordered by increasing complexity. -It is important to note that readers should be able to read only -the first few sections to get a working driver and only advanced -usage should require reading the full document. ---> - - <part> - <title>The basic mac80211 driver interface</title> - <partintro> - <para> - You should read and understand the information contained - within this part of the book while implementing a driver. - In some chapters, advanced usage is noted, that may be - skipped at first. - </para> - <para> - This part of the book only covers station and monitor mode - functionality, additional information required to implement - the other modes is covered in the second part of the book. - </para> - </partintro> - - <chapter id="basics"> - <title>Basic hardware handling</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - This chapter shall contain information on getting a hw - struct allocated and registered with mac80211. - </para> - <para> - Since it is required to allocate rates/modes before registering - a hw struct, this chapter shall also contain information on setting - up the rate/mode structs. - </para> - <para> - Additionally, some discussion about the callbacks and - the general programming model should be in here, including - the definition of ieee80211_ops which will be referred to - a lot. - </para> - <para> - Finally, a discussion of hardware capabilities should be done - with references to other parts of the book. - </para> -<!-- intentionally multiple !F lines to get proper order --> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_hw -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_hw_flags -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h SET_IEEE80211_DEV -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ops -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_alloc_hw -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_register_hw -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tx_led_name -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_rx_led_name -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_radio_led_name -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_unregister_hw -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_free_hw - </chapter> - - <chapter id="phy-handling"> - <title>PHY configuration</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - This chapter should describe PHY handling including - start/stop callbacks and the various structures used. - </para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_conf -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_conf_flags - </chapter> - - <chapter id="iface-handling"> - <title>Virtual interfaces</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - This chapter should describe virtual interface basics - that are relevant to the driver (VLANs, MGMT etc are not.) - It should explain the use of the add_iface/remove_iface - callbacks as well as the interface configuration callbacks. - </para> - <para>Things related to AP mode should be discussed there.</para> - <para> - Things related to supporting multiple interfaces should be - in the appropriate chapter, a BIG FAT note should be here about - this though and the recommendation to allow only a single - interface in STA mode at first! - </para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_vif - </chapter> - - <chapter id="rx-tx"> - <title>Receive and transmit processing</title> - <sect1> - <title>what should be here</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - This should describe the receive and transmit - paths in mac80211/the drivers as well as - transmit status handling. - </para> - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>Frame format</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Frame format - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>Packet alignment</title> -!Pnet/mac80211/rx.c Packet alignment - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>Calling into mac80211 from interrupts</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Calling mac80211 from interrupts - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>functions/definitions</title> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx_status -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h mac80211_rx_flags -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_info -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rx_irqsafe -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_status -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rts_get -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_rts_duration -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ctstoself_get -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ctstoself_duration -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_generic_frame_duration -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_wake_queue -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_queue -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_wake_queues -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_queues - </sect1> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="filters"> - <title>Frame filtering</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Frame filtering -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_filter_flags - </chapter> - </part> - - <part id="advanced"> - <title>Advanced driver interface</title> - <partintro> - <para> - Information contained within this part of the book is - of interest only for advanced interaction of mac80211 - with drivers to exploit more hardware capabilities and - improve performance. - </para> - </partintro> - - <chapter id="hardware-crypto-offload"> - <title>Hardware crypto acceleration</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Hardware crypto acceleration -<!-- intentionally multiple !F lines to get proper order --> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h set_key_cmd -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_conf -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_alg -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_flags - </chapter> - - <chapter id="powersave"> - <title>Powersave support</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Powersave support - </chapter> - - <chapter id="beacon-filter"> - <title>Beacon filter support</title> -!Pinclude/net/mac80211.h Beacon filter support -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_beacon_loss - </chapter> - - <chapter id="qos"> - <title>Multiple queues and QoS support</title> - <para>TBD</para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tx_queue_params - </chapter> - - <chapter id="AP"> - <title>Access point mode support</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para>Some parts of the if_conf should be discussed here instead</para> - <para> - Insert notes about VLAN interfaces with hw crypto here or - in the hw crypto chapter. - </para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_buffered_bc -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_beacon_get - </chapter> - - <chapter id="multi-iface"> - <title>Supporting multiple virtual interfaces</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - Note: WDS with identical MAC address should almost always be OK - </para> - <para> - Insert notes about having multiple virtual interfaces with - different MAC addresses here, note which configurations are - supported by mac80211, add notes about supporting hw crypto - with it. - </para> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="hardware-scan-offload"> - <title>Hardware scan offload</title> - <para>TBD</para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_scan_completed - </chapter> - </part> - - <part id="rate-control"> - <title>Rate control interface</title> - <partintro> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - This part of the book describes the rate control algorithm - interface and how it relates to mac80211 and drivers. - </para> - </partintro> - <chapter id="dummy"> - <title>dummy chapter</title> - <para>TBD</para> - </chapter> - </part> - - <part id="internal"> - <title>Internals</title> - <partintro> - <para>TBD</para> - <para> - This part of the book describes mac80211 internals. - </para> - </partintro> - - <chapter id="key-handling"> - <title>Key handling</title> - <sect1> - <title>Key handling basics</title> -!Pnet/mac80211/key.c Key handling basics - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>MORE TBD</title> - <para>TBD</para> - </sect1> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="rx-processing"> - <title>Receive processing</title> - <para>TBD</para> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="tx-processing"> - <title>Transmit processing</title> - <para>TBD</para> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="sta-info"> - <title>Station info handling</title> - <sect1> - <title>Programming information</title> -!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h sta_info -!Fnet/mac80211/sta_info.h ieee80211_sta_info_flags - </sect1> - <sect1> - <title>STA information lifetime rules</title> -!Pnet/mac80211/sta_info.c STA information lifetime rules - </sect1> - </chapter> - - <chapter id="synchronisation"> - <title>Synchronisation</title> - <para>TBD</para> - <para>Locking, lots of RCU</para> - </chapter> - </part> -</book> |