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2010-09-09Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: net/mac80211/main.c
2010-08-31wireless: register wiphy rfkill w/o holding cfg80211_mutexJohn W. Linville
Otherwise lockdep complains... https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17311 [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.36-rc2-git4 #12 ------------------------------------------------------- kworker/0:3/3630 is trying to acquire lock: (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff813396c7>] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x14 but task is already holding lock: (rfkill_global_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa014b129>] rfkill_switch_all+0x24/0x49 [rfkill] which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #2 (rfkill_global_mutex){+.+.+.}: [<ffffffff81079ad7>] lock_acquire+0x120/0x15b [<ffffffff813ae869>] __mutex_lock_common+0x54/0x52e [<ffffffff813aede9>] mutex_lock_nested+0x34/0x39 [<ffffffffa014b4ab>] rfkill_register+0x2b/0x29c [rfkill] [<ffffffffa0185ba0>] wiphy_register+0x1ae/0x270 [cfg80211] [<ffffffffa0206f01>] ieee80211_register_hw+0x1b4/0x3cf [mac80211] [<ffffffffa0292e98>] iwl_ucode_callback+0x9e9/0xae3 [iwlagn] [<ffffffff812d3e9d>] request_firmware_work_func+0x54/0x6f [<ffffffff81065d15>] kthread+0x8c/0x94 [<ffffffff8100ac24>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 -> #1 (cfg80211_mutex){+.+.+.}: [<ffffffff81079ad7>] lock_acquire+0x120/0x15b [<ffffffff813ae869>] __mutex_lock_common+0x54/0x52e [<ffffffff813aede9>] mutex_lock_nested+0x34/0x39 [<ffffffffa018605e>] cfg80211_get_dev_from_ifindex+0x1b/0x7c [cfg80211] [<ffffffffa0189f36>] cfg80211_wext_giwscan+0x58/0x990 [cfg80211] [<ffffffff8139a3ce>] ioctl_standard_iw_point+0x1a8/0x272 [<ffffffff8139a529>] ioctl_standard_call+0x91/0xa7 [<ffffffff8139a687>] T.723+0xbd/0x12c [<ffffffff8139a727>] wext_handle_ioctl+0x31/0x6d [<ffffffff8133014e>] dev_ioctl+0x63d/0x67a [<ffffffff8131afd9>] sock_ioctl+0x48/0x21d [<ffffffff81102abd>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x4ba/0x509 [<ffffffff81102b5d>] sys_ioctl+0x51/0x74 [<ffffffff81009e02>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b -> #0 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}: [<ffffffff810796b0>] __lock_acquire+0xa93/0xd9a [<ffffffff81079ad7>] lock_acquire+0x120/0x15b [<ffffffff813ae869>] __mutex_lock_common+0x54/0x52e [<ffffffff813aede9>] mutex_lock_nested+0x34/0x39 [<ffffffff813396c7>] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x14 [<ffffffffa0185cb5>] cfg80211_rfkill_set_block+0x1a/0x7b [cfg80211] [<ffffffffa014aed0>] rfkill_set_block+0x80/0xd5 [rfkill] [<ffffffffa014b07e>] __rfkill_switch_all+0x3f/0x6f [rfkill] [<ffffffffa014b13d>] rfkill_switch_all+0x38/0x49 [rfkill] [<ffffffffa014b821>] rfkill_op_handler+0x105/0x136 [rfkill] [<ffffffff81060708>] process_one_work+0x248/0x403 [<ffffffff81062620>] worker_thread+0x139/0x214 [<ffffffff81065d15>] kthread+0x8c/0x94 [<ffffffff8100ac24>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
2010-08-31net/wireless: Remove double testJulia Lawall
The same expression is tested twice and the result is the same each time. The sematic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @expression@ expression E; @@ ( * E || ... || E | * E && ... && E ) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-08-30wireless extensions: fix kernel heap content leakJohannes Berg
Wireless extensions have an unfortunate, undocumented requirement which requires drivers to always fill iwp->length when returning a successful status. When a driver doesn't do this, it leads to a kernel heap content leak when userspace offers a larger buffer than would have been necessary. Arguably, this is a driver bug, as it should, if it returns 0, fill iwp->length, even if it separately indicated that the buffer contents was not valid. However, we can also at least avoid the memory content leak if the driver doesn't do this by setting the iwp length to max_tokens, which then reflects how big the buffer is that the driver may fill, regardless of how big the userspace buffer is. To illustrate the point, this patch also fixes a corresponding cfg80211 bug (since this requirement isn't documented nor was ever pointed out by anyone during code review, I don't trust all drivers nor all cfg80211 handlers to implement it correctly). Cc: stable@kernel.org [all the way back] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-08-27cfg80211: allow changing port control protocolJohannes Berg
Some vendor specified mechanisms for 802.1X-style functionality use a different protocol than EAP (even if EAP is vendor-extensible). Allow setting the ethertype for the protocol when a driver has support for this. The default if unspecified is EAP, of course. Note: This is suitable only for station mode, not for AP implementation. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-08-27cfg80211: allow vendor specific cipher suitesJohannes Berg
cfg80211 currently rejects all cipher suites it doesn't know about for key length checking purposes. This can lead to inconsistencies when a driver advertises an algorithm that cfg80211 doesn't know about. Remove this rejection so drivers can specify any algorithm they like. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-08-25nl80211: fix missing nestingJohannes Berg
commit 95a6ccbb46c70cff376684c752831c014c87029d Author: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Date: Thu Aug 12 15:38:38 2010 +0200 cfg80211/mac80211: extensible frame processing introduced a netlink bug that caused parsing errors in userspace because it forgot to close a nesting, which would advertise a nesting length of zero to userspace, which then completely threw off parsing and led to Illegal nla->nla_type == 0 being printed by libnl. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-08-24cfg80211/mac80211: extensible frame processingJohannes Berg
Allow userspace to register for more than just action frames by giving the frame subtype, and make it possible to use this in various modes as well. With some tweaks and some added functionality this will, in the future, also be usable in AP mode and be able to replace the cooked monitor interface currently used in that case. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-08-24cfg80211: mark ieee80211_hdrlen constJohannes Berg
This function analyses only its single, value-passed argument, and has no side effects. Thus it can be const, which makes mac80211 smaller, for example: text data bss dec hex filename 362518 16720 884 380122 5ccda mac80211.ko (before) 362358 16720 884 379962 5cc3a mac80211.ko (after) a 160 byte saving in text size, and an optimisation because the function won't be called as often. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-08-16cfg80211: check if WEP is available for shared key authJohannes Berg
When shared key auth is requested, cfg80211 should verify that the device is capable of WEP crypto which is required. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-08-16cfg80211: support sysfs namespacesJohannes Berg
Enable using network namespaces with wireless devices even when sysfs is enabled using the same infrastructure that was built for netdevs. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-08-16cfg80211: deauth doesn't always imply disconnectJohannes Berg
When an AP sends a deauth frame, or we send one to an AP, that only means we lost our connection if we were actually connected to that AP. Check this to avoid sending spurious "disconnected" events and breaking "iw ... link" reporting. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-08-16Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6
2010-08-16wireless: upcase alpha2 values in queue_regulatory_requestJohn W. Linville
This provides a little more flexibility for human users, and it allows us to use isalpha rather than the custom is_alpha_upper. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-08-09cfg80211: fix locking in action frame TXJohannes Berg
Accesses to "wdev->current_bss" must be locked with the wdev lock, which action frame transmission is missing. Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.33+] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-28cfg80211: Update of regulatory request initiator handlingYuri Ershov
In some cases there could be possible dereferencing freed pointer. The update is intended to avoid this issue. Signed-off-by: Yuri Ershov <ext-yuri.ershov@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-28nl80211: Fix memory leaksYuri Ershov
In case of errors during message composing msg should be freed after canceling. Signed-off-by: Yuri Kululin <ext-yuri.kululin@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Yuri Ershov <ext-yuri.ershov@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-27wireless: Convert wiphy_debug macro to functionJoe Perches
Save a few bytes of text (allyesconfig) $ size drivers/net/wireless/built-in.o* text data bss dec hex filename 3924568 100548 871056 4896172 4ab5ac drivers/net/wireless/built-in.o.new 3926520 100548 871464 4898532 4abee4 drivers/net/wireless/built-in.o.old $ size net/wireless/core.o* text data bss dec hex filename 12843 216 3768 16827 41bb net/wireless/core.o.new 12328 216 3656 16200 3f48 net/wireless/core.o Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-27Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/holtmann/bluetooth-next-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-commands.h
2010-07-26cfg80211: fix IBSS default management keyJohannes Berg
When wireless extensions are used to control an encrypted IBSS, we erroneously can try to set the default management key. Fix this. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-26wireless: remove unneeded variable from regulatory_hint_11d()Dan Carpenter
The "rd" variable isn't needed any more since 4f366c5dabcb "wireless: only use alpha2 regulatory information from country IE" Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-26lib80211: remove unused host_build_iv optionJohn W. Linville
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-21cfg80211: fix race between sysfs and cfg80211Maxime Bizon
device_add() is called before adding the phy to the cfg80211 device list. So if a userspace program uses sysfs uevents to detect new phy devices, and queries nl80211 to get phy info, it can get ENODEV even though the phy exists in sysfs. An easy workaround is to hold the cfg80211 mutex until the phy is present in sysfs/cfg80211/debugfs. Signed-off-by: Maxime Bizon <mbizon@freebox.fr> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-20wireless: remove unnecessary reg_same_country_ie_hintJohn W. Linville
"Might as well remove reg_same_country_ie_hint() completely since we already dealt with suspend/resume through the regulatory hint disconnect." -- Luis Reported-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-20wireless: mark cfg80211_is_all_idle as staticJohn W. Linville
CHECK net/wireless/sme.c net/wireless/sme.c:38:6: warning: symbol 'cfg80211_is_all_idle' was not declared. Should it be static? It is not used elsewhere, so mark it static. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-20wireless: correct sparse warning in generated regdb.cJohn W. Linville
CHECK net/wireless/regdb.c net/wireless/regdb.c:8:34: warning: symbol 'reg_regdb' was not declared. Should it be static? net/wireless/regdb.c:11:5: warning: symbol 'reg_regdb_size' was not declared. Should it be static? Simply include the also generated regdb.h. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-20wireless: correct sparse warning in wext-compat.cJohn W. Linville
CHECK net/wireless/wext-compat.c net/wireless/wext-compat.c:1434:5: warning: symbol 'cfg80211_wext_siwpmksa' was not declared. Should it be static? Add declaration in cfg80211.h. Also add an EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, since all the peer functions have it. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-20wireless: correct sparse warning in lib80211_crypt_tkip.cJohn W. Linville
CHECK net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_tkip.c net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_tkip.c:581:27: warning: cast to restricted __le16 Caused by dereferencing a "u8 *" and passing it to le16_to_cpu... Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-20wireless: only use alpha2 regulatory information from country IEJohn W. Linville
The meaning and/or usage of the country IE is somewhat poorly defined. In practice, this means that regulatory rulesets in a country IE are often incomplete and might be untrustworthy. This removes the code associated with interpreting those rulesets while preserving respect for country "alpha2" codes also contained in the country IE. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-14cfg80211: don't get expired BSSesJohannes Berg
When kernel-internal users use cfg80211_get_bss() to get a reference to a BSS struct, they may end up getting one that would have been removed from the list if there had been any userspace access to the list. This leads to inconsistencies and problems. Fix it by making cfg80211_get_bss() ignore BSSes that cfg80211_bss_expire() would remove. Fixes http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2180 Cc: stable@kernel.org Reported-by: Jiajia Zheng <jiajia.zheng@intel.com> Tested-by: Jiajia Zheng <jiajia.zheng@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-13Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_cmd.h
2010-07-12cfg80211: ignore spurious deauthJohannes Berg
Ever since mac80211/drivers are no longer fully in charge of keeping track of the auth status, trying to make them do so will fail. Instead of warning and reporting the deauthentication to userspace, cfg80211 must simply ignore it so that spurious deauthentications, e.g. before starting authentication, aren't seen by userspace as actual deauthentications. Cc: stable@kernel.org Reported-by: Paul Stewart <pstew@google.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-07NET: nl80211, fix lock imbalance and netdev referencingJiri Slaby
Stanse found that nl80211_set_wiphy imporperly handles a lock and netdev reference and contains unreachable code. It is because there return statement isntead of assignment to result variable. Fix that. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-07-01Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/libertas/host.h
2010-06-24nl80211: Add option to adjust transmit powerJuuso Oikarinen
This patch adds transmit power setting type and transmit power level attributes to NL80211_CMD_SET_WIPHY in order to facilitate adjusting of the transmit power level of the device. The added attributes allow selection of automatic, limited or fixed transmit power level, with the level definable in signed mBm format. Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-06-24cfg80211/mac80211: Update set_tx_power to use mBm instead of dBm unitsJuuso Oikarinen
In preparation for a TX power setting interface in the nl80211, change the .set_tx_power function to use mBm units instead of dBm for greater accuracy and smaller power levels. Also, already in advance move the tx_power_setting enumeration to nl80211. This change affects the .tx_set_power function prototype. As a result, the corresponding changes are needed to modules using it. These are mac80211, iwmc3200wifi and rndis_wlan. Cc: Samuel Ortiz <samuel.ortiz@intel.com> Cc: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi> Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Acked-by: Samuel Ortiz <samuel.ortiz@intel.com> Acked-by: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-06-24wireless: mark reg_mutex as staticJohn W. Linville
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-06-18wireless: move regulatory_init to .init.textUwe Kleine-König
regulatory_init is only called by cfg80211_init which is in .init.text, too. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-06-18cfg80211: move cfg80211_exit to .exit.textUwe Kleine-König
cfg80211_exit is only used as module_exit function, so it can go to .exit.text saving a few bytes when CONFIG_CFG80211=y. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-06-17Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
2010-06-15bridge: use rx_handler_data pointer to store net_bridge_port pointerJiri Pirko
Register net_bridge_port pointer as rx_handler data pointer. As br_port is removed from struct net_device, another netdev priv_flag is added to indicate the device serves as a bridge port. Also rcuized pointers are now correctly dereferenced in br_fdb.c and in netfilter parts. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-14mac80211: Set basic rates while joining ibss networkTeemu Paasikivi
This patch adds support to nl80211 and mac80211 to set basic rates when joining/creating ibss network. Original patch was posted by Johannes Berg on the linux-wireless posting list. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Teemu Paasikivi <ext-teemu.3.paasikivi@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-06-14cfg80211/mac80211: allow action frame TX/RX in IBSSJohannes Berg
When in IBSS mode, currently action frame TX and RX cannot be used. Allow using it to talk to any peer, or for public action frames. Also, while at it, restructure the code in mac80211 to make it easier to add this for other interface types in the future. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-06-02cfg80211: make action channel type optionalJohannes Berg
When sending action frames, we want to verify that we do that on the correct channel. However, checking the channel type in addition can get in the way, since the channel type could change on the fly during an association, and it's not useful to have the channel type anyway since it has no effect on the transmission. Therefore, make it optional to specify so that if wanted, it can still be checked, but is not required. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-06-02cfg80211: don't refuse HT20 channels on devices that don't support HT40Helmut Schaa
Don't refuse HT20 channels on devices that don't support HT40. Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-05-21cfg80211: add missing bracesJohannes Berg
Specifying a valid channel type will get goto out rather than continuing, due to missing braces. This affects both remain on channel and action frame TX commands. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-05-21cfg80211: fix crash in cfg80211_set_freq()Felix Fietkau
Since wdev can be NULL, check it before dereferencing it Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-05-21cfg80211: Fix signal_type comparisonSujith
signal_type is enum cfg80211_signal_type. This fixes the gcc warning: scan.c: In function `cfg80211_inform_bss': scan.c:518:6: warning: comparison between `enum cfg80211_signal_type' and `enum nl80211_bss' scan.c: In function `cfg80211_inform_bss_frame': scan.c:574:6: warning: comparison between `enum cfg80211_signal_type' and `enum nl80211_bss' Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-05-11Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c
2010-05-07cfg80211/mac80211: better channel handlingJohannes Berg
Currently (all tested with hwsim) you can do stupid things like setting up an AP on a certain channel, then adding another virtual interface and making that associate on another channel -- this will make the beaconing to move channel but obviously without the necessary IEs data update. In order to improve this situation, first make the configuration APIs (cfg80211 and nl80211) aware of multi-channel operation -- we'll eventually need that in the future anyway. There's one userland API change and one API addition. The API change is that now SET_WIPHY must be called with virtual interface index rather than only wiphy index in order to take effect for that interface -- luckily all current users (hostapd) do that. For monitor interfaces, the old setting is preserved, but monitors are always slaved to other devices anyway so no guarantees. The second userland API change is the introduction of a per virtual interface SET_CHANNEL command, that hostapd should use going forward to make it easier to understand what's going on (it can automatically detect a kernel with this command). Other than mac80211, no existing cfg80211 drivers are affected by this change because they only allow a single virtual interface. mac80211, however, now needs to be aware that the channel settings are per interface now, and needs to disallow (for now) real multi-channel operation, which is another important part of this patch. One of the immediate benefits is that you can now start hostapd to operate on a hardware that already has a connection on another virtual interface, as long as you specify the same channel. Note that two things are left unhandled (this is an improvement -- not a complete fix): * different HT/no-HT modes currently you could start an HT AP and then connect to a non-HT network on the same channel which would configure the hardware for no HT; that can be fixed fairly easily * CSA An AP we're connected to on a virtual interface might indicate switching channels, and in that case we would follow it, regardless of how many other interfaces are operating; this requires more effort to fix but is pretty rare after all Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>