mac80211: enhance tracing
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1config MAC80211
2 tristate "Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)"
0aa8204b 3 depends on CFG80211
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4 select CRYPTO
5 select CRYPTO_ECB
6 select CRYPTO_ARC4
7 select CRYPTO_AES
8 select CRC32
f0706e82 9 ---help---
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10 This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11
11 networking stack.
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13comment "CFG80211 needs to be enabled for MAC80211"
14 depends on CFG80211=n
15
abd8ea22 16if MAC80211 != n
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18config MAC80211_HAS_RC
19 def_bool n
20
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21config MAC80211_RC_PID
22 bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm" if EMBEDDED
c2ef355b 23 select MAC80211_HAS_RC
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24 ---help---
25 This option enables a TX rate control algorithm for
26 mac80211 that uses a PID controller to select the TX
27 rate.
28
cccf129f 29config MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL
8eb41c93 30 bool "Minstrel" if EMBEDDED
c2ef355b 31 select MAC80211_HAS_RC
8eb41c93 32 default y
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33 ---help---
34 This option enables the 'minstrel' TX rate control algorithm
35
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36choice
37 prompt "Default rate control algorithm"
c2ef355b 38 depends on MAC80211_HAS_RC
8eb41c93 39 default MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
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40 ---help---
41 This option selects the default rate control algorithm
42 mac80211 will use. Note that this default can still be
692105b8 43 overridden through the ieee80211_default_rc_algo module
4b475898 44 parameter if different algorithms are available.
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45
46config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
47 bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm"
e5f5e733 48 depends on MAC80211_RC_PID
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49 ---help---
50 Select the PID controller based rate control as the
51 default rate control algorithm. You should choose
52 this unless you know what you are doing.
53
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54config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
55 bool "Minstrel"
56 depends on MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL
57 ---help---
58 Select Minstrel as the default rate control algorithm.
59
60
c21b39ac 61endchoice
ac71c691 62
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63config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT
64 string
cccf129f 65 default "minstrel" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
8eb41c93 66 default "pid" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
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67 default ""
68
abd8ea22 69endif
ad018375 70
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71comment "Some wireless drivers require a rate control algorithm"
72 depends on MAC80211_HAS_RC=n
73
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74config MAC80211_MESH
75 bool "Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support"
37659ff8 76 depends on MAC80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
2f5ce793 77 ---help---
5c142e8d 78 This options enables support of Draft 802.11s mesh networking.
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79 The implementation is based on Draft 2.08 of the Mesh Networking
80 amendment. However, no compliance with that draft is claimed or even
81 possible, as drafts leave a number of identifiers to be defined after
82 ratification. For more information visit http://o11s.org/.
2f5ce793 83
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84config MAC80211_LEDS
85 bool "Enable LED triggers"
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86 depends on MAC80211
87 select NEW_LEDS
88 select LEDS_TRIGGERS
f0706e82 89 ---help---
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90 This option enables a few LED triggers for different
91 packet receive/transmit events.
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93config MAC80211_DEBUGFS
94 bool "Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS"
95 depends on MAC80211 && DEBUG_FS
96 ---help---
97 Select this to see extensive information about
98 the internal state of mac80211 in debugfs.
99
100 Say N unless you know you need this.
101
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102menuconfig MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
103 bool "Select mac80211 debugging features"
104 depends on MAC80211
105 ---help---
106 This option collects various mac80211 debug settings.
107
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108config MAC80211_NOINLINE
109 bool "Do not inline TX/RX handlers"
110 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
f0706e82 111 ---help---
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112 This option affects code generation in mac80211, when
113 selected some functions are marked "noinline" to allow
114 easier debugging of problems in the transmit and receive
115 paths.
116
117 This option increases code size a bit and inserts a lot
118 of function calls in the code, but is otherwise safe to
119 enable.
f0706e82 120
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121 If unsure, say N unless you expect to be finding problems
122 in mac80211.
123
124config MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
125 bool "Verbose debugging output"
126 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
127 ---help---
128 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
129 many debugging messages. It should not be selected
130 on production systems as some of the messages are
131 remotely triggerable.
132
133 Do not select this option.
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134
135config MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
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136 bool "Verbose HT debugging"
137 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
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138 ---help---
139 This option enables 802.11n High Throughput features
140 debug tracing output.
141
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142 It should not be selected on production systems as some
143 of the messages are remotely triggerable.
f0706e82 144
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145 Do not select this option.
146
147config MAC80211_TKIP_DEBUG
148 bool "Verbose TKIP debugging"
149 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
150 ---help---
151 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
152 very verbose TKIP debugging messages. It should not
153 be selected on production systems as those messages
154 are remotely triggerable.
155
156 Do not select this option.
157
158config MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG
159 bool "Verbose IBSS debugging"
160 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
161 ---help---
162 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
163 very verbose IBSS debugging messages. It should not
164 be selected on production systems as those messages
165 are remotely triggerable.
166
167 Do not select this option.
168
169config MAC80211_VERBOSE_PS_DEBUG
170 bool "Verbose powersave mode debugging"
171 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
172 ---help---
173 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
174 verbose power save mode debugging messages (when mac80211
175 is an AP and has power saving stations.)
176 It should not be selected on production systems as those
177 messages are remotely triggerable.
178
179 Do not select this option.
180
181config MAC80211_VERBOSE_MPL_DEBUG
182 bool "Verbose mesh peer link debugging"
183 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
184 depends on MAC80211_MESH
185 ---help---
186 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
187 verbose mesh peer link debugging messages (when mac80211
188 is taking part in a mesh network).
189 It should not be selected on production systems as those
190 messages are remotely triggerable.
191
192 Do not select this option.
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194config MAC80211_VERBOSE_MHWMP_DEBUG
195 bool "Verbose mesh HWMP routing debugging"
196 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
197 depends on MAC80211_MESH
198 ---help---
199 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
200 verbose mesh routing (HWMP) debugging messages (when mac80211
201 is taking part in a mesh network).
202 It should not be selected on production systems as those
203 messages are remotely triggerable.
204
205 Do not select this option.
206
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207config MAC80211_DEBUG_COUNTERS
208 bool "Extra statistics for TX/RX debugging"
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209 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
210 depends on MAC80211_DEBUGFS
f0706e82 211 ---help---
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212 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to keep additional
213 and very verbose statistics about TX and RX handler use
214 and show them in debugfs.
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f4ea83dd 216 If unsure, say N.
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217
218config MAC80211_DRIVER_API_TRACER
219 bool "Driver API tracer"
220 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
221 depends on EVENT_TRACING
222 help
223 Say Y here to make mac80211 register with the ftrace
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224 framework for the driver API -- you can then see which
225 driver methods it is calling and which API functions
226 drivers are calling by looking at the trace.
0a2b8bb2 227
b5878a2d 228 If unsure, say Y.
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