On Sun, 2013-05-26 at 16:05 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> Support them only if the driver advertises support for them via
> IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_ACTIVE_MONITOR. Unlike normal monitor interfaces,
> they are added to the driver, along with their MAC address.
>
> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/net/mac80211.h | 5 +++++
> net/mac80211/cfg.c | 11 +++++++----
> net/mac80211/driver-ops.h | 3 ++-
> net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 2 +-
> net/mac80211/iface.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> net/mac80211/util.c | 6 ++++++
> 6 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
> index 885898a..b80c5cd 100644
> --- a/include/net/mac80211.h
> +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
> @@ -1455,6 +1455,10 @@ struct ieee80211_tx_control {
> *
> * @IEEE80211_HW_TIMING_BEACON_ONLY: Use sync timing from beacon frames
> * only, to allow getting TBTT of a DTIM beacon.
> + *
> + * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_ACTIVE_MONITOR: Device supports an active monitor
> + * interface that responds to unicast packets directed at its MAC
> + * address.
... basically moving this to nl80211
johannes
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