Inspired by an e-mail by Stephen Hemminger I decided to remove all
unneeded packed attributes from the code where the member variables are
already aligned. This avoids horrible code being generated on some
architectures.
Signed-off-by: NUlrich Kunitz <kune@deine-taler.de>
Signed-off-by: NDaniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: NJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

Caused by a documentation issue I mixed up fields of the zd_status
structure. This patch fixes it and improves also the average
computation, which is now using only measurements of packets sent
by the access point.
Signed-off-by: NUlrich Kunitz <kune@deine-taler.de>
Signed-off-by: NDaniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: NJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

Add static to 2 internal functions. Thanks goes to Adrian Bunk, who found that.

Also made some modifications to the clear functions:

After a discussion on the mailing list, I implemented this code to
have on the one hand sufficient test in debug mode, but on the
other hand reduce the overhead for structure clearing to a
minimum.

A new macro ZD_MEMCLEAR is introduced, which produces code if
DEBUG is set. Locks are not set anymore for structure clearing,
but in debug mode, there is a verification, that the locks have
not been set.

Finally, removed a misleading comment regarding locking in the disconnect
path.
Signed-off-by: NUlrich Kunitz <kune@deine-taler.de>
Signed-off-by: NDaniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: NJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

I had problems with my AVM Fritz!Box access point. It appeared
that the AP deauthorized me and the softmac didn't reconnect me.
This patch handles the problem.
Signed-off-by: NUlrich Kunitz <kune@deine-taler.de>
Signed-off-by: NJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

Apparently the ZD1211 doesn't mind, but the ZD1211B absolutely must be
told that encryption is happening in software.
Signed-off-by: NDaniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: NUlrich Kunitz <kune@deine-taler.de>
Signed-off-by: NJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

We'll be needing these at some point...
Signed-off-by: NDaniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: NUlrich Kunitz <kune@deine-taler.de>
Signed-off-by: NJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

There has been a problem in the radiotap header. Monitor mode
works now with tcpdump 3.94 + libpcap 0.9.4. ethereal 0.99.0 +
libpcap 0.9.4 is broken, because it doesn't find the right offset
for the IEEE 802.11 header.
Signed-off-by: NUlrich Kunitz <kune@deine-taler.de>
Signed-off-by: NJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

This avoids some potential races.
Signed-off-by: NDaniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: NJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

There are 60+ USB wifi adapters available on the market based on the ZyDAS
ZD1211 chip.

Unlike the predecessor (ZD1201), ZD1211 does not have a hardware MAC, so most
data operations are coordinated by the device driver. The ZD1211 chip sits
alongside an RF transceiver which is also controlled by the driver. Our driver
currently supports 2 RF types, we know of one other available in a few marketed
products which we will be supporting soon.

Our driver also supports the newer revision of ZD1211, called ZD1211B. The
initialization and RF operations are slightly different for the new revision,
but the main difference is 802.11e support. Our driver does not support the
QoS features yet, but we think we know how to use them.

This driver is based on ZyDAS's own GPL driver available from www.zydas.com.tw.
ZyDAS engineers have been responsive and supportive of our efforts, so thumbs
up to them. Additionally, the firmware is redistributable and they have
provided device specs.

This driver has been written primarily by Ulrich Kunitz and myself. Graham
Gower, Greg KH, Remco and Bryan Rittmeyer have also contributed. The
developers of ieee80211 and softmac have made our lives so much easier- thanks!

We maintain a small info-page: http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/DriverRewrite

If there is enough time for review, we would like to aim for inclusion in
2.6.18. The driver works nicely as a STA, and can connect to both open and
encrypted networks (we are using software-based encryption for now). We will
work towards supporting more advanced features in the future (ad-hoc, master
mode, 802.11a, ...).
Signed-off-by: NDaniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: NJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>