[PATCH] WE-20 for kernel 2.6.16
This is version 20 of the Wireless Extensions. This is the
completion of the RtNetlink work I started early 2004, it enables the
full Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink.
Few comments on the patch :
o totally driver transparent, no change in drivers needed.
o iwevent were already RtNetlink based since they were created
(around 2.5.7). This adds all the regular SET and GET requests over
RtNetlink, using the exact same mechanism and data format as iwevents.
o This is a Kconfig option, as currently most people have no
need for it. Surprisingly, patch is actually small and well
encapsulated.
o Tested on SMP, attention as been paid to make it 64 bits clean.
o Code do probably too many checks and could be further
optimised, but better safe than sorry.
o RtNetlink based version of the Wireless Tools available on
my web page for people inclined to try out this stuff.
I would also like to thank Alexey Kuznetsov for his helpful
suggestions to make this patch better.
Signed-off-by: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/wireless.h b/include/linux/wireless.h
index a555a0f..1358856 100644
--- a/include/linux/wireless.h
+++ b/include/linux/wireless.h
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
/*
* This file define a set of standard wireless extensions
*
- * Version : 19 18.3.05
+ * Version : 20 17.2.06
*
* Authors : Jean Tourrilhes - HPL - <jt@hpl.hp.com>
- * Copyright (c) 1997-2005 Jean Tourrilhes, All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997-2006 Jean Tourrilhes, All Rights Reserved.
*/
#ifndef _LINUX_WIRELESS_H
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
* (there is some stuff that will be added in the future...)
* I just plan to increment with each new version.
*/
-#define WIRELESS_EXT 19
+#define WIRELESS_EXT 20
/*
* Changes :
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@
* - Add IW_QUAL_ALL_UPDATED and IW_QUAL_ALL_INVALID macros
* - Add explicit flag to tell stats are in dBm : IW_QUAL_DBM
* - Add IW_IOCTL_IDX() and IW_EVENT_IDX() macros
+ *
+ * V19 to V20
+ * ----------
+ * - RtNetlink requests support (SET/GET)
*/
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