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ath6kl todo

Note that all cleanup happens in ath6kl-cleanup tree! More in the main page.

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

• remove unnecessary modparams:

  • enabletimerwar

  • node_caching

  • wlaninitmode

  • wmitimeout

  • mbox_yield_limit

  • reduce_credit_dribble

  • enablerssicompenstation

  • process_dot11_hdr

  • resetok

  • reset_sdio_on_unload

• cleanup of kernel config options (kvalo)
  • remove board config choise (see below)

• simplify htc

  • refactor functions

• simplify hif (kvalo)
  • refactor code
  • follow more linux style

• remove kernel thread – Ongoing

  • 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

• try to use as much as public ieee80211 defines and make local ieee80211.h smaller
• use align macro in aggr_slice_amsdu()

• 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
  • msgno in wmi_control_rx()
• remove all wext code and config
  • wireless_send_event() in ath6kl_connect_ap_mode()
  • wireless_send_event() in ath6kl_tkip_micerr_event()
  • wireless_send_event() in ath6kl_disconnect_event()
• remove BUG()s
• remove mdelay()
• fix all FIXMEs

• choose common prefix, ath6kl

• remove all bt code

• remove all suspend and wow code (kvalo)

• remove while(false)/while(0) constructs
• remove casts from ar6k_priv() users
• remove '== true' and '== false'/'false ==' tests
• rework firmware handling
• Clean up read/write request buffer abstraction (vasanth)
• Cleanup scatter gather (vasanth)
• Fix cleaning up resource when init fails (Vasanth)

Then an item is done, please mark it with strike through. If you plan to work on something, please mark the item with "(nick)".

config cleanup

Automatic board detection

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. The options are:

• SD31: 2.4 GHz wifi
• WB31: 2.4 GHz wifi + BT
• SD32: 2.4 and 5 GHz wifi

We need to support all these dynamically, not statically through kconfig options. Unfortunately currently it's not know if there's any way to detect boards automatically.

AP Mode support using cfg80211

No one is working on this yet.

WiFi Direct

No one is working on this yet