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ath6kl todo

Cleanup items

  • typedef cleanup

  • fix checkpatch reported errors/warnings. – Ongoing

  • fix sparse reported errors/warnings. – Ongoing

  • remove THREAD_X support

  • dl list cleanup

  • netbuf cleanup - skbuff should be used

  • rearchitecture of debug architecture

  • cleanup of modparams (mostly removed and around 15 is pending)
  • cleanup of kernel config options (see below)
  • simplify htc

  • simply hif – In progress

  • remove kernel thread
    • cleanup semaphore and wait_event apis
    • cleanup of locking
  • replace macros,apis with linux specific APIs

  • handle error codes properly
  • remove test cmd support and add it back later

  • too many header files and lot of duplicates... clean it up.
  • WLAN node optimization
  • sysfs cleanup

  • remove bluetooth driver

  • remove camel case

  • remove hungarian notation

  • remove #if 0 code

  • remove cplusplus definitions

  • flatten directory structure

  • remove exported symbols
  • remove ieee80211.h
  • use align macros (grep ~3)
  • replace wlan_ieee2freq() and wlan_freq2ieee()
  • clean up arEvent usage
  • clean up wmitimeout usage
  • convert arSem to mutex
  • remove unused/unneeded ifdefs
  • remove global variables
  • remove static variables, eg. sip in ar6000_target_failure()
  • remove all wext code and configs
  • remove BUG()s
  • remove mdelay()
  • fix all FIXMEs
  • choose common prefix, eg ar6k
  • remove all bt code
  • remove all suspend and wow code
  • remove while(false)/while(0) constructs
  • remove casts from ar6k_priv() users
  • remove '== true' and '== false'/'false ==' tests
  • remove all suspend code
  • rework firmware handling

Then an item is done, please mark it with strike through.

config cleanup

No autodetection of features

You can only build ath6kl for a static targeted chipset model. So for example you only build ath6kl to support a dual band or single band setup, plugging in a dual band chipset into an box where ath6kl was compiled into for single band support will yield with no dual band support. The same applies to Bluetooth support. ath6kl has some config options which only let you statically select if ath6kl is shipping as a combo with BT support, and you have a few vendor options for the chipsets. None of these options are automatically detected. All this needs to change, work is required with the firmware team to ensure we can automatically detect these features and the type of card we are using.

AP Mode support using cfg80211

No one is working on this yet.

WiFi Direct

No one is working on this yet


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