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| author | Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com> | 2011-04-07 15:08:28 -0700 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2011-04-12 16:57:37 -0400 |
| commit | 15d5dda623139bbf6165030fc251bbd5798f4130 (patch) | |
| tree | 3adb84ef7d65fd274008d950ad99434e1a3a28a7 /include/linux/nl80211.h | |
| parent | 581a8b0feeed8877aab3a8ca4c972419790cd07f (diff) | |
cfg80211/nl80211: Add userspace authentication flag to mesh setup
During mesh setup, use NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH flag to create
a secure mesh and route management frames to userspace.
Also, NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY now returns a flag NL80211_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH
if the wiphy's mesh implementation supports routing of mesh auth frames
to userspace. This is useful for forward compatibility between old
kernels and new userspace tools.
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/nl80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/nl80211.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index ecf6b68a96d..0e652d86081 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -887,6 +887,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * changed once the mesh is active. * @NL80211_ATTR_MESH_CONFIG: Mesh configuration parameters, a nested attribute * containing attributes from &enum nl80211_meshconf_params. + * @NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH: Currently, this means the underlying driver + * allows auth frames in a mesh to be passed to userspace for processing via + * the @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH flag. * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use @@ -1075,6 +1078,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_AVAIL_TX, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_AVAIL_RX, + NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_MESH_AUTH, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, @@ -1724,6 +1729,9 @@ enum nl80211_meshconf_params { * robust security network ie, or a vendor specific information element that * vendors will use to identify the path selection methods and metrics in use. * + * @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH: Enable this option if an authentication + * daemon will be authenticating mesh candidates. + * * @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ATTR_MAX: highest possible mesh setup attribute number * @__NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: Internal use */ @@ -1732,6 +1740,7 @@ enum nl80211_mesh_setup_params { NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ENABLE_VENDOR_PATH_SEL, NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ENABLE_VENDOR_METRIC, NL80211_MESH_SETUP_IE, + NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH, /* keep last */ __NL80211_MESH_SETUP_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, |