mac80211: allow low-level drivers to set netdev feature bits

Low level drivers can now set certain netdev feature bits in
netdev_features member of the ieee80211_hw struct. These will be
propagated to every netdev created from this HW.

The white-listed features currently include only ones related to HW
checksumming.

Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This commit is contained in:
Arik Nemtsov 2012-05-10 16:18:26 +03:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent f8f5701bda
commit 72d7872852
3 changed files with 14 additions and 0 deletions
include/net
net/mac80211

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@ -1297,6 +1297,10 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
* reports, by default it is set to _MCS, _GI and _BW but doesn't
* include _FMT. Use %IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_HAVE_* values, only
* adding _BW is supported today.
*
* @netdev_features: netdev features to be set in each netdev created
* from this HW. Note only HW checksum features are currently
* compatible with mac80211. Other feature bits will be rejected.
*/
struct ieee80211_hw {
struct ieee80211_conf conf;
@ -1319,6 +1323,7 @@ struct ieee80211_hw {
u8 max_tx_aggregation_subframes;
u8 offchannel_tx_hw_queue;
u8 radiotap_mcs_details;
netdev_features_t netdev_features;
};
/**

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@ -1352,6 +1352,8 @@ int ieee80211_if_add(struct ieee80211_local *local, const char *name,
sdata->u.mgd.use_4addr = params->use_4addr;
}
ndev->features |= local->hw.netdev_features;
ret = register_netdevice(ndev);
if (ret)
goto fail;

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@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
enum ieee80211_band band;
int channels, max_bitrates;
bool supp_ht;
netdev_features_t feature_whitelist;
static const u32 cipher_suites[] = {
/* keep WEP first, it may be removed below */
WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_WEP40,
@ -708,6 +709,12 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
if ((hw->flags & IEEE80211_HW_SCAN_WHILE_IDLE) && !local->ops->hw_scan)
return -EINVAL;
/* Only HW csum features are currently compatible with mac80211 */
feature_whitelist = NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM |
NETIF_F_HW_CSUM;
if (WARN_ON(hw->netdev_features & ~feature_whitelist))
return -EINVAL;
if (hw->max_report_rates == 0)
hw->max_report_rates = hw->max_rates;