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| author | Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> | 2011-08-09 16:45:11 -0700 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2011-08-24 13:59:43 -0400 |
| commit | 16dd7267f460739b3e29d984e73f05c5ffe2b142 (patch) | |
| tree | 2902dddb8d8ef045ae64bff734eb400bf8a23fb7 /include | |
| parent | 0507e159a2b590666982b53ecf6fb2843a5bb423 (diff) | |
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{nl,cfg,mac}80211: let userspace make meshif mesh gate
Allow userspace to set NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS attribute,
which will advertise this mesh node as being a mesh gate.
NL80211_HWMP_ROOTMODE must be set or this will do nothing.
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/nl80211.h | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/cfg80211.h | 5 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index 20353bb44840..3769303d6fa6 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -1864,6 +1864,10 @@ enum nl80211_mntr_flags { * @NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_RANN_INTERVAL: The interval of time (in TUs) between * root announcements are transmitted. * + * @NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS: Advertise that this mesh station has + * access to a broader network beyond the MBSS. This is done via Root + * Announcement frames. + * * @NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_MAX: highest possible mesh configuration attribute * * @__NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use @@ -1886,6 +1890,7 @@ enum nl80211_meshconf_params { NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_ROOTMODE, NL80211_MESHCONF_ELEMENT_TTL, NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_RANN_INTERVAL, + NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS, /* keep last */ __NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index 4f0d12e349d1..77aa777c10ef 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -756,6 +756,11 @@ struct mesh_config { u16 dot11MeshHWMPnetDiameterTraversalTime; u8 dot11MeshHWMPRootMode; u16 dot11MeshHWMPRannInterval; + /* This is missnamed in draft 12.0: dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol + * set to true only means that the station will announce others it's a + * mesh gate, but not necessarily using the gate announcement protocol. + * Still keeping the same nomenclature to be in sync with the spec. */ + bool dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol; }; /** |