mac80211: per interface idle notification
Sometimes we don't just need to know whether or
not the device is idle, but also per interface.
This adds that reporting capability to mac80211.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 3f1e03b..3a3c26f 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
* @BSS_CHANGED_ARP_FILTER: Hardware ARP filter address list or state changed.
* @BSS_CHANGED_QOS: QoS for this association was enabled/disabled. Note
* that it is only ever disabled for station mode.
+ * @BSS_CHANGED_IDLE: Idle changed for this BSS/interface.
*/
enum ieee80211_bss_change {
BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC = 1<<0,
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@
BSS_CHANGED_IBSS = 1<<11,
BSS_CHANGED_ARP_FILTER = 1<<12,
BSS_CHANGED_QOS = 1<<13,
+ BSS_CHANGED_IDLE = 1<<14,
/* when adding here, make sure to change ieee80211_reconfig */
};
@@ -223,6 +225,9 @@
* hardware must not perform any ARP filtering. Note, that the filter will
* be enabled also in promiscuous mode.
* @qos: This is a QoS-enabled BSS.
+ * @idle: This interface is idle. There's also a global idle flag in the
+ * hardware config which may be more appropriate depending on what
+ * your driver/device needs to do.
*/
struct ieee80211_bss_conf {
const u8 *bssid;
@@ -247,6 +252,7 @@
u8 arp_addr_cnt;
bool arp_filter_enabled;
bool qos;
+ bool idle;
};
/**