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diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.h b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..afaad5a443b --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.h @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ +/* + * mac80211_hwsim - software simulator of 802.11 radio(s) for mac80211 + * Copyright (c) 2008, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> + * Copyright (c) 2011, Javier Lopez <jlopex@gmail.com> + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as + * published by the Free Software Foundation. + */ + +#ifndef __MAC80211_HWSIM_H +#define __MAC80211_HWSIM_H + +/** + * enum hwsim_tx_control_flags - flags to describe transmission info/status + * + * These flags are used to give the wmediumd extra information in order to + * modify its behavior for each frame + * + * @HWSIM_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS: require TX status callback for this frame. + * @HWSIM_TX_CTL_NO_ACK: tell the wmediumd not to wait for an ack + * @HWSIM_TX_STAT_ACK: Frame was acknowledged + * + */ +enum hwsim_tx_control_flags { + HWSIM_TX_CTL_REQ_TX_STATUS = BIT(0), + HWSIM_TX_CTL_NO_ACK = BIT(1), + HWSIM_TX_STAT_ACK = BIT(2), +}; + +/** + * DOC: Frame transmission/registration support + * + * Frame transmission and registration support exists to allow userspace + * entities such as wmediumd to receive and process all broadcasted + * frames from a mac80211_hwsim radio device. + * + * This allow user space applications to decide if the frame should be + * dropped or not and implement a wireless medium simulator at user space. + * + * Registration is done by sending a register message to the driver and + * will be automatically unregistered if the user application doesn't + * responds to sent frames. + * Once registered the user application has to take responsibility of + * broadcasting the frames to all listening mac80211_hwsim radio + * interfaces. + * + * For more technical details, see the corresponding command descriptions + * below. + */ + +/** + * enum hwsim_commands - supported hwsim commands + * + * @HWSIM_CMD_UNSPEC: unspecified command to catch errors + * + * @HWSIM_CMD_REGISTER: request to register and received all broadcasted + * frames by any mac80211_hwsim radio device. + * @HWSIM_CMD_FRAME: send/receive a broadcasted frame from/to kernel/user + * space, uses: + * %HWSIM_ATTR_ADDR_TRANSMITTER, %HWSIM_ATTR_ADDR_RECEIVER, + * %HWSIM_ATTR_FRAME, %HWSIM_ATTR_FLAGS, %HWSIM_ATTR_RX_RATE, + * %HWSIM_ATTR_SIGNAL, %HWSIM_ATTR_COOKIE + * @HWSIM_CMD_TX_INFO_FRAME: Transmission info report from user space to + * kernel, uses: + * %HWSIM_ATTR_ADDR_TRANSMITTER, %HWSIM_ATTR_FLAGS, + * %HWSIM_ATTR_TX_INFO, %HWSIM_ATTR_SIGNAL, %HWSIM_ATTR_COOKIE + * @__HWSIM_CMD_MAX: enum limit + */ +enum { + HWSIM_CMD_UNSPEC, + HWSIM_CMD_REGISTER, + HWSIM_CMD_FRAME, + HWSIM_CMD_TX_INFO_FRAME, + __HWSIM_CMD_MAX, +}; +#define HWSIM_CMD_MAX (_HWSIM_CMD_MAX - 1) + +/** + * enum hwsim_attrs - hwsim netlink attributes + * + * @HWSIM_ATTR_UNSPEC: unspecified attribute to catch errors + * + * @HWSIM_ATTR_ADDR_RECEIVER: MAC address of the radio device that + * the frame is broadcasted to + * @HWSIM_ATTR_ADDR_TRANSMITTER: MAC address of the radio device that + * the frame was broadcasted from + * @HWSIM_ATTR_FRAME: Data array + * @HWSIM_ATTR_FLAGS: mac80211 transmission flags, used to process + properly the frame at user space + * @HWSIM_ATTR_RX_RATE: estimated rx rate index for this frame at user + space + * @HWSIM_ATTR_SIGNAL: estimated RX signal for this frame at user + space + * @HWSIM_ATTR_TX_INFO: ieee80211_tx_rate array + * @HWSIM_ATTR_COOKIE: sk_buff cookie to identify the frame + * @__HWSIM_ATTR_MAX: enum limit + */ + + +enum { + HWSIM_ATTR_UNSPEC, + HWSIM_ATTR_ADDR_RECEIVER, + HWSIM_ATTR_ADDR_TRANSMITTER, + HWSIM_ATTR_FRAME, + HWSIM_ATTR_FLAGS, + HWSIM_ATTR_RX_RATE, + HWSIM_ATTR_SIGNAL, + HWSIM_ATTR_TX_INFO, + HWSIM_ATTR_COOKIE, + __HWSIM_ATTR_MAX, +}; +#define HWSIM_ATTR_MAX (__HWSIM_ATTR_MAX - 1) + +/** + * struct hwsim_tx_rate - rate selection/status + * + * @idx: rate index to attempt to send with + * @count: number of tries in this rate before going to the next rate + * + * A value of -1 for @idx indicates an invalid rate and, if used + * in an array of retry rates, that no more rates should be tried. + * + * When used for transmit status reporting, the driver should + * always report the rate and number of retries used. + * + */ +struct hwsim_tx_rate { + s8 idx; + u8 count; +} __packed; + +#endif /* __MAC80211_HWSIM_H */ |