mac802154: change frame_retries behaviour

This patch changes the default minimum value of frame_retries to 0 and
changes the frame_retries default value to 3 which is also 802.15.4
default.

We don't use the frame_retries "-1" value as indicator for no-aret mode
anymore, instead we checking on the ack request bit inside the 802.15.4
frame control field. This allows a acknowledge handling per frame. This
checking is done by transceiver or inside xmit callback of driver layer.

If a transceiver doesn't support ARET handling the transmit
functionality ignores ack frames then, which isn't well but should not
effect anything of current functionality.

Reviewed-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@osg.samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
This commit is contained in:
Alexander Aring 2015-08-10 21:15:56 +02:00 committed by Marcel Holtmann
parent 91f02b3dd8
commit 89c7d788f8
2 changed files with 4 additions and 8 deletions

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@ -498,8 +498,7 @@ ieee802154_setup_sdata(struct ieee802154_sub_if_data *sdata,
wpan_dev->min_be = 3;
wpan_dev->max_be = 5;
wpan_dev->csma_retries = 4;
/* for compatibility, actual default is 3 */
wpan_dev->frame_retries = -1;
wpan_dev->frame_retries = 3;
wpan_dev->pan_id = cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_PANID_BROADCAST);
wpan_dev->short_addr = cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_ADDR_BROADCAST);

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@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ ieee802154_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len, const struct ieee802154_ops *ops)
phy->supported.max_minbe = 8;
phy->supported.min_maxbe = 3;
phy->supported.max_maxbe = 8;
phy->supported.min_frame_retries = -1;
phy->supported.min_frame_retries = 0;
phy->supported.max_frame_retries = 7;
phy->supported.max_csma_backoffs = 5;
phy->supported.lbt = NL802154_SUPPORTED_BOOL_FALSE;
@ -177,11 +177,8 @@ int ieee802154_register_hw(struct ieee802154_hw *hw)
}
if (!(hw->flags & IEEE802154_HW_FRAME_RETRIES)) {
/* TODO should be 3, but our default value is -1 which means
* no ARET handling.
*/
local->phy->supported.min_frame_retries = -1;
local->phy->supported.max_frame_retries = -1;
local->phy->supported.min_frame_retries = 3;
local->phy->supported.max_frame_retries = 3;
}
if (hw->flags & IEEE802154_HW_PROMISCUOUS)