mac80211: support creating wiphy w/out creating wlanX
This will be helpful when using the mac80211_hwsim
wiphys and automated testing. Let user create the
vifs as needed, and named as expected.
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index bb50e8b..1614b2f 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1583,6 +1583,10 @@
* a virtual monitor interface when monitor interfaces are the only
* active interfaces.
*
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_NO_AUTO_VIF: The driver would like for no wlanX to
+ * be created. It is expected user-space will create vifs as
+ * desired (and thus have them named as desired).
+ *
* @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
@@ -1629,7 +1633,8 @@
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_PS = 1<<12,
IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE = 1<<13,
IEEE80211_HW_WANT_MONITOR_VIF = 1<<14,
- /* free slots */
+ IEEE80211_HW_NO_AUTO_VIF = 1<<15,
+ /* free slot */
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD = 1<<17,
IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS = 1<<18,
IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR = 1<<19,