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cfg80211/nl80211: Add userspace authentication flag to mesh setup

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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>
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Javier Cardona
2011-04-07 15:08:28 -07:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 581a8b0fee
commit 15d5dda623
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include/net/cfg80211.h
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@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@ struct mesh_config {
* @path_metric: which metric to use
* @ie: vendor information elements (optional)
* @ie_len: length of vendor information elements
* @is_secure: or not
*
* These parameters are fixed when the mesh is created.
*/
@@ -701,6 +702,7 @@ struct mesh_setup {
u8 path_metric;
const u8 *ie;
u8 ie_len;
bool is_secure;
};
/**
@@ -1451,6 +1453,8 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
* @WIPHY_FLAG_IBSS_RSN: The device supports IBSS RSN.
* @WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SEPARATE_DEFAULT_KEYS: The device supports separate
* unicast and multicast TX keys.
* @WIPHY_FLAG_MESH_AUTH: The device supports mesh authentication by routing
* auth frames to userspace. See @NL80211_MESH_SETUP_USERSPACE_AUTH.
*/
enum wiphy_flags {
WIPHY_FLAG_CUSTOM_REGULATORY = BIT(0),
@@ -1463,6 +1467,7 @@ enum wiphy_flags {
WIPHY_FLAG_CONTROL_PORT_PROTOCOL = BIT(7),
WIPHY_FLAG_IBSS_RSN = BIT(8),
WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SEPARATE_DEFAULT_KEYS= BIT(9),
WIPHY_FLAG_MESH_AUTH = BIT(10),
};
struct mac_address {