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| author | Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> | 2008-09-16 12:55:09 (GMT) |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2008-09-24 20:18:00 (GMT) |
| commit | 60719ffd721f6764b7d07ca188c0d944a4330b69 (patch) | |
| tree | a224d5a7538e070430aac3a8a8f9abb4b0cd9152 /include | |
| parent | 133b822638ff01eb1e32e1917b197c40ed095ddd (diff) | |
| download | linux-60719ffd721f6764b7d07ca188c0d944a4330b69.tar.xz | |
cfg80211: show interface type
This patch makes cfg80211 show the interface in the nl80211
information about a specific interface. API users are required
to keep the type updated (everything else is fairly complicated)
but you will get a warning if you fail to keep it updated.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/cfg80211.h | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/wireless.h | 2 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index 9f40c4d..0e85ec3 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -363,11 +363,13 @@ struct wiphy; * wireless extensions but this is subject to reevaluation as soon as this * code is used more widely and we have a first user without wext. * - * @add_virtual_intf: create a new virtual interface with the given name + * @add_virtual_intf: create a new virtual interface with the given name, + * must set the struct wireless_dev's iftype. * * @del_virtual_intf: remove the virtual interface determined by ifindex. * - * @change_virtual_intf: change type of virtual interface + * @change_virtual_intf: change type/configuration of virtual interface, + * keep the struct wireless_dev's iftype updated. * * @add_key: add a key with the given parameters. @mac_addr will be %NULL * when adding a group key. diff --git a/include/net/wireless.h b/include/net/wireless.h index 0de7fde..721efb3 100644 --- a/include/net/wireless.h +++ b/include/net/wireless.h @@ -223,9 +223,11 @@ struct wiphy { * the netdev.) * * @wiphy: pointer to hardware description + * @iftype: interface type */ struct wireless_dev { struct wiphy *wiphy; + enum nl80211_iftype iftype; /* private to the generic wireless code */ struct list_head list; |