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authorJavier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>2010-12-16 17:37:49 -0800
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-12-20 14:46:57 -0500
commitc80d545da3f7c0e534ccd4a780f322f80a92cff1 (patch)
treeedd5c51676b4677fc1a0b2fc692ffe97df863f25 /net/wireless/mesh.c
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mac80211: Let userspace enable and configure vendor specific path selection.
Userspace will now be allowed to toggle between the default path selection algorithm (HWMP, implemented in the kernel), and a vendor specific alternative. Also in the same patch, allow userspace to add information elements to mesh beacons. This is accordance with the Extensible Path Selection Framework specified in version 7.0 of the 802.11s draft. Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/mesh.c')
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/mesh.c24
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/mesh.c b/net/wireless/mesh.c
index e0b9747fe50a..73e39c171ffb 100644
--- a/net/wireless/mesh.c
+++ b/net/wireless/mesh.c
@@ -50,17 +50,19 @@ const struct mesh_config default_mesh_config = {
.min_discovery_timeout = MESH_MIN_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT,
};
+const struct mesh_setup default_mesh_setup = {
+ .path_sel_proto = IEEE80211_PATH_PROTOCOL_HWMP,
+ .path_metric = IEEE80211_PATH_METRIC_AIRTIME,
+ .vendor_ie = NULL,
+ .vendor_ie_len = 0,
+};
int __cfg80211_join_mesh(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
struct net_device *dev,
- const u8 *mesh_id, u8 mesh_id_len,
+ const struct mesh_setup *setup,
const struct mesh_config *conf)
{
struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
- struct mesh_setup setup = {
- .mesh_id = mesh_id,
- .mesh_id_len = mesh_id_len,
- };
int err;
BUILD_BUG_ON(IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN != IEEE80211_MAX_MESH_ID_LEN);
@@ -73,16 +75,16 @@ int __cfg80211_join_mesh(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
if (wdev->mesh_id_len)
return -EALREADY;
- if (!mesh_id_len)
+ if (!setup->mesh_id_len)
return -EINVAL;
if (!rdev->ops->join_mesh)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- err = rdev->ops->join_mesh(&rdev->wiphy, dev, conf, &setup);
+ err = rdev->ops->join_mesh(&rdev->wiphy, dev, conf, setup);
if (!err) {
- memcpy(wdev->ssid, mesh_id, mesh_id_len);
- wdev->mesh_id_len = mesh_id_len;
+ memcpy(wdev->ssid, setup->mesh_id, setup->mesh_id_len);
+ wdev->mesh_id_len = setup->mesh_id_len;
}
return err;
@@ -90,14 +92,14 @@ int __cfg80211_join_mesh(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
int cfg80211_join_mesh(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
struct net_device *dev,
- const u8 *mesh_id, u8 mesh_id_len,
+ const struct mesh_setup *setup,
const struct mesh_config *conf)
{
struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
int err;
wdev_lock(wdev);
- err = __cfg80211_join_mesh(rdev, dev, mesh_id, mesh_id_len, conf);
+ err = __cfg80211_join_mesh(rdev, dev, setup, conf);
wdev_unlock(wdev);
return err;