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mac80211: deprecate RX status noise

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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>
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Johannes Berg
2010-02-17 21:27:26 +01:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 31f66be44a
commit 62bb2ac5cb
4 changed files with 2 additions and 15 deletions
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@@ -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;