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diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 2a1811366076..f91fc331369b 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1242,8 +1242,8 @@ ieee80211_get_alt_retry_rate(const struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
* %IEEE80211_CONF_PS flag enabled means that the powersave mode defined in
* IEEE 802.11-2007 section 11.2 is enabled. This is not to be confused
* with hardware wakeup and sleep states. Driver is responsible for waking
- * up the hardware before issueing commands to the hardware and putting it
- * back to sleep at approriate times.
+ * up the hardware before issuing commands to the hardware and putting it
+ * back to sleep at appropriate times.
*
* When PS is enabled, hardware needs to wakeup for beacons and receive the
* buffered multicast/broadcast frames after the beacon. Also it must be
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ ieee80211_get_alt_retry_rate(const struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
* there's data traffic and still saving significantly power in idle
* periods.
*
- * Dynamic powersave is supported by simply mac80211 enabling and disabling
+ * Dynamic powersave is simply supported by mac80211 enabling and disabling
* PS based on traffic. Driver needs to only set %IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS
* flag and mac80211 will handle everything automatically. Additionally,
* hardware having support for the dynamic PS feature may set the
@@ -1537,6 +1537,12 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action {
* negative error code (which will be seen in userspace.)
* Must be implemented and can sleep.
*
+ * @change_interface: Called when a netdevice changes type. This callback
+ * is optional, but only if it is supported can interface types be
+ * switched while the interface is UP. The callback may sleep.
+ * Note that while an interface is being switched, it will not be
+ * found by the interface iteration callbacks.
+ *
* @remove_interface: Notifies a driver that an interface is going down.
* The @stop callback is called after this if it is the last interface
* and no monitor interfaces are present.
@@ -1693,6 +1699,9 @@ struct ieee80211_ops {
void (*stop)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
int (*add_interface)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
+ int (*change_interface)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+ enum nl80211_iftype new_type);
void (*remove_interface)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
int (*config)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed);
@@ -2268,7 +2277,8 @@ void ieee80211_wake_queues(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
*
* When hardware scan offload is used (i.e. the hw_scan() callback is
* assigned) this function needs to be called by the driver to notify
- * mac80211 that the scan finished.
+ * mac80211 that the scan finished. This function can be called from
+ * any context, including hardirq context.
*
* @hw: the hardware that finished the scan
* @aborted: set to true if scan was aborted
@@ -2458,7 +2468,7 @@ void ieee80211_sta_block_awake(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
*
* @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
*
- * When beacon filtering is enabled with %IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTERING and
+ * When beacon filtering is enabled with %IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER and
* %IEEE80211_CONF_PS is set, the driver needs to inform whenever the
* hardware is not receiving beacons with this function.
*/
@@ -2469,7 +2479,7 @@ void ieee80211_beacon_loss(struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
*
* @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
*
- * When beacon filtering is enabled with %IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTERING, and
+ * When beacon filtering is enabled with %IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER, and
* %IEEE80211_CONF_PS and %IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR are set, the driver
* needs to inform if the connection to the AP has been lost.
*