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Re: [RFC 4/5] mac80211: add a HW flag for TDLS support

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On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 13:25, Arik Nemtsov <arik@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Allow TDLS operations and peers only in supporting hardware.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kalyan C Gaddam <chakkal@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/net/mac80211.h |    4 ++++
>  net/mac80211/cfg.c     |   11 +++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
> index 2f01d84..25bd038 100644
> --- a/include/net/mac80211.h
> +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
> @@ -1094,6 +1094,9 @@ enum sta_notify_cmd {
>  *     stations based on the PM bit of incoming frames.
>  *     Use ieee80211_start_ps()/ieee8021_end_ps() to manually configure
>  *     the PS mode of connected stations.
> + *
> + * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_TDLS:
> + *     This device can operate as a TDLS (802.11z) peer.
>  */

I think that for v2 I'll replace this with a wiphy flag that will also
be propagated to usermode. An additional wiphy flag (something like
TDLS_EXTERNAL_LINK_SETUP) will toggle between the full-mac mode and
the mode used in mac80211.

Arik
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