mac80211: support hw managing reorder logic
Enable driver to manage the reordering logic itself.
This is needed for example for the iwlwifi driver that
will support hardware assisted reordering.
Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 6c9c559..ee6305a 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1929,6 +1929,11 @@
* by just its MAC address; this prevents, for example, the same station
* from connecting to two virtual AP interfaces at the same time.
*
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_REORDERING_BUFFER: Hardware (or driver) manages the
+ * reordering buffer internally, guaranteeing mac80211 receives frames in
+ * order and does not need to manage its own reorder buffer or BA session
+ * timeout.
+ *
* @NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS: number of hardware flags, used for sizing arrays
*/
enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
@@ -1965,6 +1970,7 @@
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_AMSDU_IN_AMPDU,
IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_TX_STATUS,
IEEE80211_HW_NEEDS_UNIQUE_STA_ADDR,
+ IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_REORDERING_BUFFER,
/* keep last, obviously */
NUM_IEEE80211_HW_FLAGS