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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2009-07-01 21:26:51 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-07-10 15:01:50 -0400
commitaff89a9b9084931e51b89d8f3ee3c547bea6c422 (patch)
tree592c1dfa2ef994a1b3e117b3d7bc1cc7b7bde637 /net/wireless/Kconfig
parent5121ea0481f9cea1dfd958f18d7b4ac78778cd40 (diff)
downloadlinux-aff89a9b9084931e51b89d8f3ee3c547bea6c422.tar.bz2
cfg80211: introduce nl80211 testmode command
This introduces a new NL80211_CMD_TESTMODE for testing and calibration use with nl80211. There's no multiplexing like like iwpriv had, and the command is not available by default, it needs to be explicitly enabled in Kconfig and shouldn't be enabled in most kernels. The command requires a wiphy index or interface index to identify the device to operate on, and the new TESTDATA attribute. There also is API for sending replies to the command, and testmode multicast messages (on a testmode multicast group). I've also updated mac80211 to be able to pass through the command to the driver, since it itself doesn't implement the testmode command. Additionally, to give people an idea of how to use the command, I've added a little code to hwsim that makes use of the new command to set the powersave mode, this is currently done via debugfs and should remain there, and the testmode command only serves as an example of how to use this best -- with nested netlink attributes in the TESTDATA attribute. A hwsim testmode tool can be found at http://git.sipsolutions.net/hwsim.git/. This tool is BSD licensed so people can easily use it as a basis for their own internal fabrication and validation tools. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig
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@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@ config CFG80211
tristate "Improved wireless configuration API"
depends on RFKILL || !RFKILL
+config NL80211_TESTMODE
+ bool "nl80211 testmode command"
+ depends on CFG80211
+ help
+ The nl80211 testmode command helps implementing things like
+ factory calibration or validation tools for wireless chips.
+
+ Select this option ONLY for kernels that are specifically
+ built for such purposes.
+
+ Debugging tools that are supposed to end up in the hands of
+ users should better be implemented with debugfs.
+
+ Say N.
+
config CFG80211_REG_DEBUG
bool "cfg80211 regulatory debugging"
depends on CFG80211