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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/mac80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 275ee56152a..33b87c50a4c 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -1634,6 +1634,12 @@ struct ieee80211_tx_control { * be created. It is expected user-space will create vifs as * desired (and thus have them named as desired). * + * @IEEE80211_HW_SW_CRYPTO_CONTROL: The driver wants to control which of the + * crypto algorithms can be done in software - so don't automatically + * try to fall back to it if hardware crypto fails, but do so only if + * the driver returns 1. This also forces the driver to advertise its + * supported cipher suites. + * * @IEEE80211_HW_QUEUE_CONTROL: The driver wants to control per-interface * queue mapping in order to use different queues (not just one per AC) * for different virtual interfaces. See the doc section on HW queue @@ -1681,6 +1687,7 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags { IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE = 1<<13, IEEE80211_HW_WANT_MONITOR_VIF = 1<<14, IEEE80211_HW_NO_AUTO_VIF = 1<<15, + IEEE80211_HW_SW_CRYPTO_CONTROL = 1<<16, /* free slots */ IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS = 1<<18, IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR = 1<<19, @@ -1955,6 +1962,11 @@ void ieee80211_free_txskb(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb); * added; if you return 0 then hw_key_idx must be assigned to the * hardware key index, you are free to use the full u8 range. * + * Note that in the case that the @IEEE80211_HW_SW_CRYPTO_CONTROL flag is + * set, mac80211 will not automatically fall back to software crypto if + * enabling hardware crypto failed. The set_key() call may also return the + * value 1 to permit this specific key/algorithm to be done in software. + * * When the cmd is %DISABLE_KEY then it must succeed. * * Note that it is permissible to not decrypt a frame even if a key |