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authorBen Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>2014-10-22 12:23:05 -0700
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2014-10-27 08:48:33 +0100
commite8f479b11268af3f206d1580f6b0d572d6ecb4f7 (patch)
treecc3e07ffbe5c26c3a928dd1d59bcf3d9d1b378b8 /include
parent9a0cb89a8aad7c04505abf88202b1dd376fc50bc (diff)
downloadlinux-e8f479b11268af3f206d1580f6b0d572d6ecb4f7.tar.bz2
cfg80211: support configuring vif mac addr on create
This is useful when creating virtual interfaces. Keeps udev from mucking with things it shouldn't, since the default MAC is never seen by udev when specified on the cmd-line during creation. Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> [check for feature flag in nl80211 to force drivers to set it] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h9
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h4
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 39d7996b0609..f67948e18600 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -319,9 +319,12 @@ struct ieee80211_supported_band {
/**
* struct vif_params - describes virtual interface parameters
* @use_4addr: use 4-address frames
- * @macaddr: address to use for this virtual interface. This will only
- * be used for non-netdevice interfaces. If this parameter is set
- * to zero address the driver may determine the address as needed.
+ * @macaddr: address to use for this virtual interface.
+ * If this parameter is set to zero address the driver may
+ * determine the address as needed.
+ * This feature is only fully supported by drivers that enable the
+ * %NL80211_FEATURE_MAC_ON_CREATE flag. Others may support creating
+ ** only p2p devices with specified MAC.
*/
struct vif_params {
int use_4addr;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index be1d5def304d..f7daae59248e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -4056,6 +4056,9 @@ enum nl80211_ap_sme_features {
* TSPEC sessions (TID aka TSID 0-7) with the %NL80211_CMD_ADD_TX_TS
* command. Standard IEEE 802.11 TSPEC setup is not yet supported, it
* needs to be able to handle Block-Ack agreements and other things.
+ * @NL80211_FEATURE_MAC_ON_CREATE: Device supports configuring
+ * the vif's MAC address upon creation.
+ * See 'macaddr' field in the vif_params (cfg80211.h).
*/
enum nl80211_feature_flags {
NL80211_FEATURE_SK_TX_STATUS = 1 << 0,
@@ -4085,6 +4088,7 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
NL80211_FEATURE_STATIC_SMPS = 1 << 24,
NL80211_FEATURE_DYNAMIC_SMPS = 1 << 25,
NL80211_FEATURE_SUPPORTS_WMM_ADMISSION = 1 << 26,
+ NL80211_FEATURE_MAC_ON_CREATE = 1 << 27,
};
/**