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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2010-02-17 21:27:26 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-03-09 15:02:53 -0500
commit62bb2ac5cb6c2f813e151617525ec518e2d1c649 (patch)
tree75e6d81f02580de06897fa2972b86aec881fe3c4 /include
parent31f66be44a657a14e0ab3536e4877c66c9ce031e (diff)
downloadlinux-62bb2ac5cb6c2f813e151617525ec518e2d1c649.tar.gz
mac80211: deprecate RX status noise
The noise value as is won't be used, isn't
filled by most drivers and doesn't really
make a whole lot of sense on a per packet
basis -- proper cfg80211 survey support in
mac80211 will need to be different.

Mark the struct member as deprecated so it
will be removed from drivers.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 45d7d44d7cbe..936bc410d061 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ enum mac80211_rx_flags {
  * @signal: signal strength when receiving this frame, either in dBm, in dB or
  *	unspecified depending on the hardware capabilities flags
  *	@IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_*
- * @noise: noise when receiving this frame, in dBm.
+ * @noise: noise when receiving this frame, in dBm (DEPRECATED).
  * @antenna: antenna used
  * @rate_idx: index of data rate into band's supported rates or MCS index if
  *	HT rates are use (RX_FLAG_HT)
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ struct ieee80211_rx_status {
 	enum ieee80211_band band;
 	int freq;
 	int signal;
-	int noise;
+	int noise __deprecated;
 	int antenna;
 	int rate_idx;
 	int flag;