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[MAC80211]: add "invalid" interface type

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Since I cannot convince the lazy driver authors (hello Michael)
to stop (ab)using the MGMT interface type internally in their
drivers, this patch introduces a new _INVALID type especially
for their use and changes all affected drivers to use it.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Johannes Berg
2007-09-28 14:01:25 +02:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent f7c4daed99
commit a289755250
8 changed files with 21 additions and 9 deletions
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@@ -457,6 +457,8 @@ struct ieee80211_conf {
/**
* enum ieee80211_if_types - types of 802.11 network interfaces
*
* @IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_INVALID: invalid interface type, not used
* by mac80211 itself
* @IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP: interface in AP mode.
* @IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MGMT: special interface for communication with hostap
* daemon. Drivers should never see this type.
@@ -468,6 +470,7 @@ struct ieee80211_conf {
* will never see this type.
*/
enum ieee80211_if_types {
IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_INVALID,
IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP,
IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MGMT,
IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA,