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author | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2007-04-30 04:38:01 +0200 |
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committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2007-04-30 04:38:01 +0200 |
commit | 49e1900d4cc2e7bcecb681fe60f0990bec2dcce8 (patch) | |
tree | 253801ebf57e0a23856a2c7be129c2c178f62fdf /include/net/wireless.h | |
parent | [POWERPC] remove kernel module option for booke wdt (diff) | |
parent | Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/... (diff) | |
download | linux-49e1900d4cc2e7bcecb681fe60f0990bec2dcce8.tar.xz linux-49e1900d4cc2e7bcecb681fe60f0990bec2dcce8.zip |
Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-2.6.22
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diff --git a/include/net/wireless.h b/include/net/wireless.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d30c4ba8fd99 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/net/wireless.h @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ +#ifndef __NET_WIRELESS_H +#define __NET_WIRELESS_H + +/* + * 802.11 device management + * + * Copyright 2007 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> + */ + +#include <linux/netdevice.h> +#include <linux/debugfs.h> +#include <linux/list.h> +#include <net/cfg80211.h> + +/** + * struct wiphy - wireless hardware description + * @idx: the wiphy index assigned to this item + * @class_dev: the class device representing /sys/class/ieee80211/<wiphy-name> + */ +struct wiphy { + /* assign these fields before you register the wiphy */ + + /* permanent MAC address */ + u8 perm_addr[ETH_ALEN]; + + /* If multiple wiphys are registered and you're handed e.g. + * a regular netdev with assigned ieee80211_ptr, you won't + * know whether it points to a wiphy your driver has registered + * or not. Assign this to something global to your driver to + * help determine whether you own this wiphy or not. */ + void *privid; + + /* fields below are read-only, assigned by cfg80211 */ + + /* the item in /sys/class/ieee80211/ points to this, + * you need use set_wiphy_dev() (see below) */ + struct device dev; + + /* dir in debugfs: ieee80211/<wiphyname> */ + struct dentry *debugfsdir; + + char priv[0] __attribute__((__aligned__(NETDEV_ALIGN))); +}; + +/** struct wireless_dev - wireless per-netdev state + * + * This structure must be allocated by the driver/stack + * that uses the ieee80211_ptr field in struct net_device + * (this is intentional so it can be allocated along with + * the netdev.) + * + * @wiphy: pointer to hardware description + */ +struct wireless_dev { + struct wiphy *wiphy; + + /* private to the generic wireless code */ + struct list_head list; + struct net_device *netdev; +}; + +/** + * wiphy_priv - return priv from wiphy + */ +static inline void *wiphy_priv(struct wiphy *wiphy) +{ + BUG_ON(!wiphy); + return &wiphy->priv; +} + +/** + * set_wiphy_dev - set device pointer for wiphy + */ +static inline void set_wiphy_dev(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct device *dev) +{ + wiphy->dev.parent = dev; +} + +/** + * wiphy_dev - get wiphy dev pointer + */ +static inline struct device *wiphy_dev(struct wiphy *wiphy) +{ + return wiphy->dev.parent; +} + +/** + * wiphy_name - get wiphy name + */ +static inline char *wiphy_name(struct wiphy *wiphy) +{ + return wiphy->dev.bus_id; +} + +/** + * wdev_priv - return wiphy priv from wireless_dev + */ +static inline void *wdev_priv(struct wireless_dev *wdev) +{ + BUG_ON(!wdev); + return wiphy_priv(wdev->wiphy); +} + +/** + * wiphy_new - create a new wiphy for use with cfg80211 + * + * create a new wiphy and associate the given operations with it. + * @sizeof_priv bytes are allocated for private use. + * + * the returned pointer must be assigned to each netdev's + * ieee80211_ptr for proper operation. + */ +struct wiphy *wiphy_new(struct cfg80211_ops *ops, int sizeof_priv); + +/** + * wiphy_register - register a wiphy with cfg80211 + * + * register the given wiphy + * + * Returns a non-negative wiphy index or a negative error code. + */ +extern int wiphy_register(struct wiphy *wiphy); + +/** + * wiphy_unregister - deregister a wiphy from cfg80211 + * + * unregister a device with the given priv pointer. + * After this call, no more requests can be made with this priv + * pointer, but the call may sleep to wait for an outstanding + * request that is being handled. + */ +extern void wiphy_unregister(struct wiphy *wiphy); + +/** + * wiphy_free - free wiphy + */ +extern void wiphy_free(struct wiphy *wiphy); + +#endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_H */ |