It allows to identify the wireless kind of device for the user application, e.g.:
# ip -d link 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 promiscuity 0 2: enp0s25: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff promiscuity 0 3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff promiscuity 0 wireless 4: wlp0s26u1u2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff promiscuity 0 wireless Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <vadi...@gmail.com> --- net/mac80211/iface.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c index 653f5eb..b993c7d 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/iface.c +++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ #include <linux/rtnetlink.h> #include <net/mac80211.h> #include <net/ieee80211_radiotap.h> +#include <net/rtnetlink.h> #include "ieee80211_i.h" #include "sta_info.h" #include "debugfs_netdev.h" @@ -1624,6 +1625,10 @@ static void ieee80211_assign_perm_addr(struct ieee80211_local *local, mutex_unlock(&local->iflist_mtx); } +static struct rtnl_link_ops wireless_link_ops __read_mostly = { + .kind = "wireless", +}; + int ieee80211_if_add(struct ieee80211_local *local, const char *name, struct wireless_dev **new_wdev, enum nl80211_iftype type, struct vif_params *params) @@ -1684,6 +1689,8 @@ int ieee80211_if_add(struct ieee80211_local *local, const char *name, memcpy(sdata->vif.addr, ndev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN); memcpy(sdata->name, ndev->name, IFNAMSIZ); + ndev->rtnl_link_ops = &wireless_link_ops; + sdata->dev = ndev; } -- 2.1.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html