mac80211: update to backports-4.14-rc2

This updates mac80211 to backprots-4.14-rc2.
This was compile and runtime tested with ath9k, ath10k and b43
with multiple stations and ieee80211w and in different scenarios by many
other people.

To create the backports-4.14-rc2-1.tar.xz use this repository:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/backports/backports.git
from tag v4.14-rc2-1

Then run this:
./gentree.py --git-revision v4.14-rc2 --clean  <path to linux repo> ../backports-4.14-rc2-1

This also adapts the ath10k-ct and mt76 driver to the changed cfg80211
APIs and syncs the nl80211.h file in iw with the new version from
backports-4.14-rc2.

Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/020-16-rt2800-use-TXOP_BACKOFF-for-probe-frames.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/020-16-rt2800-use-TXOP_BACKOFF-for-probe-frames.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7825810cef..0000000000
--- a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/020-16-rt2800-use-TXOP_BACKOFF-for-probe-frames.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-From fb47ada8dc3c30c8e7b415da155742b49536c61e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
-Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:25:12 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 16/19] rt2800: use TXOP_BACKOFF for probe frames
-
-Even if we do not set AMPDU bit in TXWI, device still can aggregate
-frame and send it with rate not corresponding to requested. That mean
-we can do not sent probe frames with requested rate. To prevent that
-use TXOP_BACKOFF for probe frames.
-
-Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
-Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
----
- drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c | 7 ++++---
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
---- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
-+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
-@@ -372,15 +372,16 @@ static void rt2x00queue_create_tx_descri
- 
- 	/*
- 	 * Determine IFS values
--	 * - Use TXOP_BACKOFF for management frames except beacons
-+	 * - Use TXOP_BACKOFF for probe and management frames except beacons
- 	 * - Use TXOP_SIFS for fragment bursts
- 	 * - Use TXOP_HTTXOP for everything else
- 	 *
- 	 * Note: rt2800 devices won't use CTS protection (if used)
- 	 * for frames not transmitted with TXOP_HTTXOP
- 	 */
--	if (ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) &&
--	    !ieee80211_is_beacon(hdr->frame_control))
-+	if ((ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) &&
-+	     !ieee80211_is_beacon(hdr->frame_control)) ||
-+	    (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_RATE_CTRL_PROBE))
- 		txdesc->u.ht.txop = TXOP_BACKOFF;
- 	else if (!(tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT))
- 		txdesc->u.ht.txop = TXOP_SIFS;