mac80211: send notification on new peer candidate for our secure mesh
Also, advertise support for mesh authentication.
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index e2db3dc..0ab2a8d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -762,6 +762,11 @@
local->hw.wiphy->interface_modes &= ~BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT);
#endif
+ /* if the underlying driver supports mesh, mac80211 will (at least)
+ * provide routing of mesh authentication frames to userspace */
+ if (local->hw.wiphy->interface_modes & BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT))
+ local->hw.wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_MESH_AUTH;
+
/* mac80211 supports control port protocol changing */
local->hw.wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_CONTROL_PORT_PROTOCOL;