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authoralex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com <alex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com>2012-05-15 22:50:27 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-05-16 21:17:08 +0200
commit90c049b2c6ae26d1a4d526d660a976620eaa554a (patch)
treef13681c6d06def2dceb6dabfa1821eb153ce00f1
parentmac802154: basic mib support (diff)
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ieee802154: interface type to be added
This stack implementation distinguishes several types of slave interfaces. Another parameter to 'add_iface_' function is added to clarify the interface type is going to be registered. Signed-off-by: Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nl802154.h6
-rw-r--r--include/net/wpan-phy.h2
-rw-r--r--net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c9
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl802154.h b/include/linux/nl802154.h
index 33d9f5175109..2015ad248101 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl802154.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl802154.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ enum {
IEEE802154_ATTR_CHANNEL_PAGE_LIST,
IEEE802154_ATTR_PHY_NAME,
+ IEEE802154_ATTR_DEV_TYPE,
__IEEE802154_ATTR_MAX,
};
@@ -126,4 +127,9 @@ enum {
#define IEEE802154_CMD_MAX (__IEEE802154_CMD_MAX - 1)
+enum {
+ __IEEE802154_DEV_INVALID = -1,
+ __IEEE802154_DEV_MAX,
+};
+
#endif
diff --git a/include/net/wpan-phy.h b/include/net/wpan-phy.h
index ff27f1b078d1..efd6749e392b 100644
--- a/include/net/wpan-phy.h
+++ b/include/net/wpan-phy.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct wpan_phy {
int idx;
struct net_device *(*add_iface)(struct wpan_phy *phy,
- const char *name);
+ const char *name, int type);
void (*del_iface)(struct wpan_phy *phy, struct net_device *dev);
char priv[0] __attribute__((__aligned__(NETDEV_ALIGN)));
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c b/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c
index 3bdc4303c339..eed291626da6 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ static int ieee802154_add_iface(struct sk_buff *skb,
const char *devname;
int rc = -ENOBUFS;
struct net_device *dev;
+ int type = __IEEE802154_DEV_INVALID;
pr_debug("%s\n", __func__);
@@ -221,7 +222,13 @@ static int ieee802154_add_iface(struct sk_buff *skb,
goto nla_put_failure;
}
- dev = phy->add_iface(phy, devname);
+ if (info->attrs[IEEE802154_ATTR_DEV_TYPE]) {
+ type = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[IEEE802154_ATTR_DEV_TYPE]);
+ if (type >= __IEEE802154_DEV_MAX)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ dev = phy->add_iface(phy, devname, type);
if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
rc = PTR_ERR(dev);
goto nla_put_failure;