Linux 802.11 Driver Developer's Guide

• Introduction
• cfg80211 subsystem
  • Device registration
  • Actions and configuration
  • Scanning and BSS list handling
  • Utility functions
  • Data path helpers
  • Regulatory enforcement infrastructure
  • RFkill integration
  • Test mode
• mac80211 subsystem (basics)
  • Basic hardware handling
  • PHY configuration
  • Virtual interfaces
  • Receive and transmit processing
    • what should be here
    • Frame format
    • Packet alignment
    • Calling into mac80211 from interrupts
    • functions/definitions
  • Frame filtering
  • The mac80211 workqueue
• mac80211 subsystem (advanced)
  • LED support
  • Hardware crypto acceleration
  • Powersave support
  • Beacon filter support
  • Multiple queues and QoS support
  • Access point mode support
    • support for powersaving clients
  • Supporting multiple virtual interfaces
  • Station handling
  • Hardware scan offload
  • Aggregation
    • TX A-MPDU aggregation
    • RX A-MPDU aggregation
  • Spatial Multiplexing Powersave (SMPS)
  • Rate Control API
  • Key handling
    • Key handling basics
    • MORE TBD
  • Receive processing
  • Transmit processing
  • Station info handling
    • Programming information
    • STA information lifetime rules
  • Aggregation Functions
  • Synchronisation Functions