Inaky Perez-Gonzalez | ace22f0 | 2008-12-20 16:57:33 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | /* |
| 2 | * Linux WiMAX |
| 3 | * Kernel space API for accessing WiMAX devices |
| 4 | * |
| 5 | * |
| 6 | * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Intel Corporation <linux-wimax@intel.com> |
| 7 | * Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky.perez-gonzalez@intel.com> |
| 8 | * |
| 9 | * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or |
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| 12 | * |
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| 17 | * |
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| 20 | * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA |
| 21 | * 02110-1301, USA. |
| 22 | * |
| 23 | * |
| 24 | * The WiMAX stack provides an API for controlling and managing the |
| 25 | * system's WiMAX devices. This API affects the control plane; the |
| 26 | * data plane is accessed via the network stack (netdev). |
| 27 | * |
| 28 | * Parts of the WiMAX stack API and notifications are exported to |
| 29 | * user space via Generic Netlink. In user space, libwimax (part of |
| 30 | * the wimax-tools package) provides a shim layer for accessing those |
| 31 | * calls. |
| 32 | * |
| 33 | * The API is standarized for all WiMAX devices and different drivers |
| 34 | * implement the backend support for it. However, device-specific |
| 35 | * messaging pipes are provided that can be used to issue commands and |
| 36 | * receive notifications in free form. |
| 37 | * |
| 38 | * Currently the messaging pipes are the only means of control as it |
| 39 | * is not known (due to the lack of more devices in the market) what |
| 40 | * will be a good abstraction layer. Expect this to change as more |
| 41 | * devices show in the market. This API is designed to be growable in |
| 42 | * order to address this problem. |
| 43 | * |
| 44 | * USAGE |
| 45 | * |
| 46 | * Embed a `struct wimax_dev` at the beginning of the the device's |
| 47 | * private structure, initialize and register it. For details, see |
| 48 | * `struct wimax_dev`s documentation. |
| 49 | * |
| 50 | * Once this is done, wimax-tools's libwimaxll can be used to |
| 51 | * communicate with the driver from user space. You user space |
| 52 | * application does not have to forcibily use libwimaxll and can talk |
| 53 | * the generic netlink protocol directly if desired. |
| 54 | * |
| 55 | * Remember this is a very low level API that will to provide all of |
| 56 | * WiMAX features. Other daemons and services running in user space |
| 57 | * are the expected clients of it. They offer a higher level API that |
| 58 | * applications should use (an example of this is the Intel's WiMAX |
| 59 | * Network Service for the i2400m). |
| 60 | * |
| 61 | * DESIGN |
| 62 | * |
| 63 | * Although not set on final stone, this very basic interface is |
| 64 | * mostly completed. Remember this is meant to grow as new common |
| 65 | * operations are decided upon. New operations will be added to the |
| 66 | * interface, intent being on keeping backwards compatibility as much |
| 67 | * as possible. |
| 68 | * |
| 69 | * This layer implements a set of calls to control a WiMAX device, |
| 70 | * exposing a frontend to the rest of the kernel and user space (via |
| 71 | * generic netlink) and a backend implementation in the driver through |
| 72 | * function pointers. |
| 73 | * |
| 74 | * WiMAX devices have a state, and a kernel-only API allows the |
| 75 | * drivers to manipulate that state. State transitions are atomic, and |
| 76 | * only some of them are allowed (see `enum wimax_st`). |
| 77 | * |
| 78 | * Most API calls will set the state automatically; in most cases |
| 79 | * drivers have to only report state changes due to external |
| 80 | * conditions. |
| 81 | * |
| 82 | * All API operations are 'atomic', serialized thorough a mutex in the |
| 83 | * `struct wimax_dev`. |
| 84 | * |
| 85 | * EXPORTING TO USER SPACE THROUGH GENERIC NETLINK |
| 86 | * |
| 87 | * The API is exported to user space using generic netlink (other |
| 88 | * methods can be added as needed). |
| 89 | * |
| 90 | * There is a Generic Netlink Family named "WiMAX", where interfaces |
| 91 | * supporting the WiMAX interface receive commands and broadcast their |
| 92 | * signals over a multicast group named "msg". |
| 93 | * |
| 94 | * Mapping to the source/destination interface is done by an interface |
| 95 | * index attribute. |
| 96 | * |
| 97 | * For user-to-kernel traffic (commands) we use a function call |
| 98 | * marshalling mechanism, where a message X with attributes A, B, C |
| 99 | * sent from user space to kernel space means executing the WiMAX API |
| 100 | * call wimax_X(A, B, C), sending the results back as a message. |
| 101 | * |
| 102 | * Kernel-to-user (notifications or signals) communication is sent |
| 103 | * over multicast groups. This allows to have multiple applications |
| 104 | * monitoring them. |
| 105 | * |
| 106 | * Each command/signal gets assigned it's own attribute policy. This |
| 107 | * way the validator will verify that all the attributes in there are |
| 108 | * only the ones that should be for each command/signal. Thing of an |
| 109 | * attribute mapping to a type+argumentname for each command/signal. |
| 110 | * |
| 111 | * If we had a single policy for *all* commands/signals, after running |
| 112 | * the validator we'd have to check "does this attribute belong in |
| 113 | * here"? for each one. It can be done manually, but it's just easier |
| 114 | * to have the validator do that job with multiple policies. As well, |
| 115 | * it makes it easier to later expand each command/signal signature |
| 116 | * without affecting others and keeping the namespace more or less |
| 117 | * sane. Not that it is too complicated, but it makes it even easier. |
| 118 | * |
| 119 | * No state information is maintained in the kernel for each user |
| 120 | * space connection (the connection is stateless). |
| 121 | * |
| 122 | * TESTING FOR THE INTERFACE AND VERSIONING |
| 123 | * |
| 124 | * If network interface X is a WiMAX device, there will be a Generic |
| 125 | * Netlink family named "WiMAX X" and the device will present a |
| 126 | * "wimax" directory in it's network sysfs directory |
| 127 | * (/sys/class/net/DEVICE/wimax) [used by HAL]. |
| 128 | * |
| 129 | * The inexistence of any of these means the device does not support |
| 130 | * this WiMAX API. |
| 131 | * |
| 132 | * By querying the generic netlink controller, versioning information |
| 133 | * and the multicast groups available can be found. Applications using |
| 134 | * the interface can either rely on that or use the generic netlink |
| 135 | * controller to figure out which generic netlink commands/signals are |
| 136 | * supported. |
| 137 | * |
| 138 | * NOTE: this versioning is a last resort to avoid hard |
| 139 | * incompatibilities. It is the intention of the design of this |
| 140 | * stack not to introduce backward incompatible changes. |
| 141 | * |
| 142 | * The version code has to fit in one byte (restrictions imposed by |
| 143 | * generic netlink); we use `version / 10` for the major version and |
| 144 | * `version % 10` for the minor. This gives 9 minors for each major |
| 145 | * and 25 majors. |
| 146 | * |
| 147 | * The version change protocol is as follow: |
| 148 | * |
| 149 | * - Major versions: needs to be increased if an existing message/API |
| 150 | * call is changed or removed. Doesn't need to be changed if a new |
| 151 | * message is added. |
| 152 | * |
| 153 | * - Minor version: needs to be increased if new messages/API calls are |
| 154 | * being added or some other consideration that doesn't impact the |
| 155 | * user-kernel interface too much (like some kind of bug fix) and |
| 156 | * that is kind of left up in the air to common sense. |
| 157 | * |
| 158 | * User space code should not try to work if the major version it was |
| 159 | * compiled for differs from what the kernel offers. As well, if the |
| 160 | * minor version of the kernel interface is lower than the one user |
| 161 | * space is expecting (the one it was compiled for), the kernel |
| 162 | * might be missing API calls; user space shall be ready to handle |
| 163 | * said condition. Use the generic netlink controller operations to |
| 164 | * find which ones are supported and which not. |
| 165 | * |
| 166 | * libwimaxll:wimaxll_open() takes care of checking versions. |
| 167 | * |
| 168 | * THE OPERATIONS: |
| 169 | * |
| 170 | * Each operation is defined in its on file (drivers/net/wimax/op-*.c) |
| 171 | * for clarity. The parts needed for an operation are: |
| 172 | * |
| 173 | * - a function pointer in `struct wimax_dev`: optional, as the |
| 174 | * operation might be implemented by the stack and not by the |
| 175 | * driver. |
| 176 | * |
| 177 | * All function pointers are named wimax_dev->op_*(), and drivers |
| 178 | * must implement them except where noted otherwise. |
| 179 | * |
| 180 | * - When exported to user space, a `struct nla_policy` to define the |
| 181 | * attributes of the generic netlink command and a `struct genl_ops` |
| 182 | * to define the operation. |
| 183 | * |
| 184 | * All the declarations for the operation codes (WIMAX_GNL_OP_<NAME>) |
| 185 | * and generic netlink attributes (WIMAX_GNL_<NAME>_*) are declared in |
| 186 | * include/linux/wimax.h; this file is intended to be cloned by user |
| 187 | * space to gain access to those declarations. |
| 188 | * |
| 189 | * A few caveats to remember: |
| 190 | * |
| 191 | * - Need to define attribute numbers starting in 1; otherwise it |
| 192 | * fails. |
| 193 | * |
| 194 | * - the `struct genl_family` requires a maximum attribute id; when |
| 195 | * defining the `struct nla_policy` for each message, it has to have |
| 196 | * an array size of WIMAX_GNL_ATTR_MAX+1. |
| 197 | * |
Inaky Perez-Gonzalez | c2315b4 | 2009-09-16 17:10:55 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 198 | * The op_*() function pointers will not be called if the wimax_dev is |
| 199 | * in a state <= %WIMAX_ST_UNINITIALIZED. The exception is: |
| 200 | * |
| 201 | * - op_reset: can be called at any time after wimax_dev_add() has |
| 202 | * been called. |
| 203 | * |
Inaky Perez-Gonzalez | ace22f0 | 2008-12-20 16:57:33 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 204 | * THE PIPE INTERFACE: |
| 205 | * |
| 206 | * This interface is kept intentionally simple. The driver can send |
| 207 | * and receive free-form messages to/from user space through a |
| 208 | * pipe. See drivers/net/wimax/op-msg.c for details. |
| 209 | * |
| 210 | * The kernel-to-user messages are sent with |
| 211 | * wimax_msg(). user-to-kernel messages are delivered via |
| 212 | * wimax_dev->op_msg_from_user(). |
| 213 | * |
| 214 | * RFKILL: |
| 215 | * |
| 216 | * RFKILL support is built into the wimax_dev layer; the driver just |
| 217 | * needs to call wimax_report_rfkill_{hw,sw}() to inform of changes in |
| 218 | * the hardware or software RF kill switches. When the stack wants to |
| 219 | * turn the radio off, it will call wimax_dev->op_rfkill_sw_toggle(), |
| 220 | * which the driver implements. |
| 221 | * |
| 222 | * User space can set the software RF Kill switch by calling |
| 223 | * wimax_rfkill(). |
| 224 | * |
| 225 | * The code for now only supports devices that don't require polling; |
| 226 | * If the device needs to be polled, create a self-rearming delayed |
| 227 | * work struct for polling or look into adding polled support to the |
| 228 | * WiMAX stack. |
| 229 | * |
| 230 | * When initializing the hardware (_probe), after calling |
| 231 | * wimax_dev_add(), query the device for it's RF Kill switches status |
| 232 | * and feed it back to the WiMAX stack using |
| 233 | * wimax_report_rfkill_{hw,sw}(). If any switch is missing, always |
| 234 | * report it as ON. |
| 235 | * |
| 236 | * NOTE: the wimax stack uses an inverted terminology to that of the |
| 237 | * RFKILL subsystem: |
| 238 | * |
| 239 | * - ON: radio is ON, RFKILL is DISABLED or OFF. |
| 240 | * - OFF: radio is OFF, RFKILL is ENABLED or ON. |
| 241 | * |
| 242 | * MISCELLANEOUS OPS: |
| 243 | * |
| 244 | * wimax_reset() can be used to reset the device to power on state; by |
| 245 | * default it issues a warm reset that maintains the same device |
| 246 | * node. If that is not possible, it falls back to a cold reset |
| 247 | * (device reconnect). The driver implements the backend to this |
| 248 | * through wimax_dev->op_reset(). |
| 249 | */ |
| 250 | |
| 251 | #ifndef __NET__WIMAX_H__ |
| 252 | #define __NET__WIMAX_H__ |
| 253 | #ifdef __KERNEL__ |
| 254 | |
| 255 | #include <linux/wimax.h> |
| 256 | #include <net/genetlink.h> |
| 257 | #include <linux/netdevice.h> |
| 258 | |
| 259 | struct net_device; |
| 260 | struct genl_info; |
| 261 | struct wimax_dev; |
Inaky Perez-Gonzalez | ace22f0 | 2008-12-20 16:57:33 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 262 | |
| 263 | /** |
| 264 | * struct wimax_dev - Generic WiMAX device |
| 265 | * |
| 266 | * @net_dev: [fill] Pointer to the &struct net_device this WiMAX |
| 267 | * device implements. |
| 268 | * |
| 269 | * @op_msg_from_user: [fill] Driver-specific operation to |
| 270 | * handle a raw message from user space to the driver. The |
| 271 | * driver can send messages to user space using with |
| 272 | * wimax_msg_to_user(). |
| 273 | * |
| 274 | * @op_rfkill_sw_toggle: [fill] Driver-specific operation to act on |
| 275 | * userspace (or any other agent) requesting the WiMAX device to |
| 276 | * change the RF Kill software switch (WIMAX_RF_ON or |
| 277 | * WIMAX_RF_OFF). |
| 278 | * If such hardware support is not present, it is assumed the |
| 279 | * radio cannot be switched off and it is always on (and the stack |
| 280 | * will error out when trying to switch it off). In such case, |
| 281 | * this function pointer can be left as NULL. |
| 282 | * |
| 283 | * @op_reset: [fill] Driver specific operation to reset the |
| 284 | * device. |
| 285 | * This operation should always attempt first a warm reset that |
| 286 | * does not disconnect the device from the bus and return 0. |
| 287 | * If that fails, it should resort to some sort of cold or bus |
| 288 | * reset (even if it implies a bus disconnection and device |
| 289 | * dissapearance). In that case, -ENODEV should be returned to |
| 290 | * indicate the device is gone. |
| 291 | * This operation has to be synchronous, and return only when the |
| 292 | * reset is complete. In case of having had to resort to bus/cold |
| 293 | * reset implying a device disconnection, the call is allowed to |
| 294 | * return inmediately. |
| 295 | * NOTE: wimax_dev->mutex is NOT locked when this op is being |
| 296 | * called; however, wimax_dev->mutex_reset IS locked to ensure |
| 297 | * serialization of calls to wimax_reset(). |
| 298 | * See wimax_reset()'s documentation. |
| 299 | * |
| 300 | * @name: [fill] A way to identify this device. We need to register a |
Johannes Berg | 19d337d | 2009-06-02 13:01:37 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 301 | * name with many subsystems (rfkill, workqueue creation, etc). |
| 302 | * We can't use the network device name as that |
Inaky Perez-Gonzalez | ace22f0 | 2008-12-20 16:57:33 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 303 | * might change and in some instances we don't know it yet (until |
| 304 | * we don't call register_netdev()). So we generate an unique one |
| 305 | * using the driver name and device bus id, place it here and use |
| 306 | * it across the board. Recommended naming: |
| 307 | * DRIVERNAME-BUSNAME:BUSID (dev->bus->name, dev->bus_id). |
| 308 | * |
| 309 | * @id_table_node: [private] link to the list of wimax devices kept by |
| 310 | * id-table.c. Protected by it's own spinlock. |
| 311 | * |
| 312 | * @mutex: [private] Serializes all concurrent access and execution of |
| 313 | * operations. |
| 314 | * |
| 315 | * @mutex_reset: [private] Serializes reset operations. Needs to be a |
| 316 | * different mutex because as part of the reset operation, the |
| 317 | * driver has to call back into the stack to do things such as |
| 318 | * state change, that require wimax_dev->mutex. |
| 319 | * |
| 320 | * @state: [private] Current state of the WiMAX device. |
| 321 | * |
| 322 | * @rfkill: [private] integration into the RF-Kill infrastructure. |
| 323 | * |
Inaky Perez-Gonzalez | ace22f0 | 2008-12-20 16:57:33 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 324 | * @rf_sw: [private] State of the software radio switch (OFF/ON) |
| 325 | * |
| 326 | * @rf_hw: [private] State of the hardware radio switch (OFF/ON) |
| 327 | * |
Inaky Perez-Gonzalez | 2a4d71d | 2009-01-09 07:34:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 328 | * @debugfs_dentry: [private] Used to hook up a debugfs entry. This |
| 329 | * shows up in the debugfs root as wimax\:DEVICENAME. |
Inaky Perez-Gonzalez | 56cf391 | 2009-01-08 12:56:57 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 330 | * |
Inaky Perez-Gonzalez | ace22f0 | 2008-12-20 16:57:33 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 331 | * Description: |
| 332 | * This structure defines a common interface to access all WiMAX |
| 333 | * devices from different vendors and provides a common API as well as |
| 334 | * a free-form device-specific messaging channel. |
| 335 | * |
| 336 | * Usage: |
| 337 | * 1. Embed a &struct wimax_dev at *the beginning* the network |
| 338 | * device structure so that netdev_priv() points to it. |
| 339 | * |
| 340 | * 2. memset() it to zero |
| 341 | * |
| 342 | * 3. Initialize with wimax_dev_init(). This will leave the WiMAX |
| 343 | * device in the %__WIMAX_ST_NULL state. |
| 344 | * |
| 345 | * 4. Fill all the fields marked with [fill]; once called |
| 346 | * wimax_dev_add(), those fields CANNOT be modified. |
| 347 | * |
| 348 | * 5. Call wimax_dev_add() *after* registering the network |
| 349 | * device. This will leave the WiMAX device in the %WIMAX_ST_DOWN |
| 350 | * state. |
| 351 | * Protect the driver's net_device->open() against succeeding if |
| 352 | * the wimax device state is lower than %WIMAX_ST_DOWN. |
| 353 | * |
| 354 | * 6. Select when the device is going to be turned on/initialized; |
| 355 | * for example, it could be initialized on 'ifconfig up' (when the |
| 356 | * netdev op 'open()' is called on the driver). |
| 357 | * |
| 358 | * When the device is initialized (at `ifconfig up` time, or right |
| 359 | * after calling wimax_dev_add() from _probe(), make sure the |
| 360 | * following steps are taken |
| 361 | * |
| 362 | * a. Move the device to %WIMAX_ST_UNINITIALIZED. This is needed so |
| 363 | * some API calls that shouldn't work until the device is ready |
| 364 | * can be blocked. |
| 365 | * |
| 366 | * b. Initialize the device. Make sure to turn the SW radio switch |
| 367 | * off and move the device to state %WIMAX_ST_RADIO_OFF when |
| 368 | * done. When just initialized, a device should be left in RADIO |
| 369 | * OFF state until user space devices to turn it on. |
| 370 | * |
| 371 | * c. Query the device for the state of the hardware rfkill switch |
| 372 | * and call wimax_rfkill_report_hw() and wimax_rfkill_report_sw() |
| 373 | * as needed. See below. |
| 374 | * |
| 375 | * wimax_dev_rm() undoes before unregistering the network device. Once |
| 376 | * wimax_dev_add() is called, the driver can get called on the |
| 377 | * wimax_dev->op_* function pointers |
| 378 | * |
| 379 | * CONCURRENCY: |
| 380 | * |
| 381 | * The stack provides a mutex for each device that will disallow API |
| 382 | * calls happening concurrently; thus, op calls into the driver |
| 383 | * through the wimax_dev->op*() function pointers will always be |
| 384 | * serialized and *never* concurrent. |
| 385 | * |
| 386 | * For locking, take wimax_dev->mutex is taken; (most) operations in |
| 387 | * the API have to check for wimax_dev_is_ready() to return 0 before |
| 388 | * continuing (this is done internally). |
| 389 | * |
| 390 | * REFERENCE COUNTING: |
| 391 | * |
| 392 | * The WiMAX device is reference counted by the associated network |
| 393 | * device. The only operation that can be used to reference the device |
| 394 | * is wimax_dev_get_by_genl_info(), and the reference it acquires has |
| 395 | * to be released with dev_put(wimax_dev->net_dev). |
| 396 | * |
| 397 | * RFKILL: |
| 398 | * |
| 399 | * At startup, both HW and SW radio switchess are assumed to be off. |
| 400 | * |
| 401 | * At initialization time [after calling wimax_dev_add()], have the |
| 402 | * driver query the device for the status of the software and hardware |
| 403 | * RF kill switches and call wimax_report_rfkill_hw() and |
| 404 | * wimax_rfkill_report_sw() to indicate their state. If any is |
| 405 | * missing, just call it to indicate it is ON (radio always on). |
| 406 | * |
| 407 | * Whenever the driver detects a change in the state of the RF kill |
| 408 | * switches, it should call wimax_report_rfkill_hw() or |
| 409 | * wimax_report_rfkill_sw() to report it to the stack. |
| 410 | */ |
| 411 | struct wimax_dev { |
| 412 | struct net_device *net_dev; |
| 413 | struct list_head id_table_node; |
| 414 | struct mutex mutex; /* Protects all members and API calls */ |
| 415 | struct mutex mutex_reset; |
| 416 | enum wimax_st state; |
| 417 | |
| 418 | int (*op_msg_from_user)(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev, |
| 419 | const char *, |
| 420 | const void *, size_t, |
| 421 | const struct genl_info *info); |
| 422 | int (*op_rfkill_sw_toggle)(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev, |
| 423 | enum wimax_rf_state); |
| 424 | int (*op_reset)(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev); |
| 425 | |
| 426 | struct rfkill *rfkill; |
| 427 | struct input_dev *rfkill_input; |
| 428 | unsigned rf_hw; |
| 429 | unsigned rf_sw; |
| 430 | char name[32]; |
| 431 | |
| 432 | struct dentry *debugfs_dentry; |
| 433 | }; |
| 434 | |
| 435 | |
| 436 | |
| 437 | /* |
| 438 | * WiMAX stack public API for device drivers |
| 439 | * ----------------------------------------- |
| 440 | * |
| 441 | * These functions are not exported to user space. |
| 442 | */ |
| 443 | extern void wimax_dev_init(struct wimax_dev *); |
| 444 | extern int wimax_dev_add(struct wimax_dev *, struct net_device *); |
| 445 | extern void wimax_dev_rm(struct wimax_dev *); |
| 446 | |
| 447 | static inline |
| 448 | struct wimax_dev *net_dev_to_wimax(struct net_device *net_dev) |
| 449 | { |
| 450 | return netdev_priv(net_dev); |
| 451 | } |
| 452 | |
| 453 | static inline |
| 454 | struct device *wimax_dev_to_dev(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev) |
| 455 | { |
| 456 | return wimax_dev->net_dev->dev.parent; |
| 457 | } |
| 458 | |
| 459 | extern void wimax_state_change(struct wimax_dev *, enum wimax_st); |
| 460 | extern enum wimax_st wimax_state_get(struct wimax_dev *); |
| 461 | |
| 462 | /* |
| 463 | * Radio Switch state reporting. |
| 464 | * |
| 465 | * enum wimax_rf_state is declared in linux/wimax.h so the exports |
| 466 | * to user space can use it. |
| 467 | */ |
| 468 | extern void wimax_report_rfkill_hw(struct wimax_dev *, enum wimax_rf_state); |
| 469 | extern void wimax_report_rfkill_sw(struct wimax_dev *, enum wimax_rf_state); |
| 470 | |
| 471 | |
| 472 | /* |
| 473 | * Free-form messaging to/from user space |
| 474 | * |
| 475 | * Sending a message: |
| 476 | * |
| 477 | * wimax_msg(wimax_dev, pipe_name, buf, buf_size, GFP_KERNEL); |
| 478 | * |
| 479 | * Broken up: |
| 480 | * |
| 481 | * skb = wimax_msg_alloc(wimax_dev, pipe_name, buf_size, GFP_KERNEL); |
| 482 | * ...fill up skb... |
| 483 | * wimax_msg_send(wimax_dev, pipe_name, skb); |
| 484 | * |
| 485 | * Be sure not to modify skb->data in the middle (ie: don't use |
| 486 | * skb_push()/skb_pull()/skb_reserve() on the skb). |
| 487 | * |
| 488 | * "pipe_name" is any string, than can be interpreted as the name of |
| 489 | * the pipe or destinatary; the interpretation of it is driver |
| 490 | * specific, so the recipient can multiplex it as wished. It can be |
| 491 | * NULL, it won't be used - an example is using a "diagnostics" tag to |
| 492 | * send diagnostics information that a device-specific diagnostics |
| 493 | * tool would be interested in. |
| 494 | */ |
| 495 | extern struct sk_buff *wimax_msg_alloc(struct wimax_dev *, const char *, |
| 496 | const void *, size_t, gfp_t); |
| 497 | extern int wimax_msg_send(struct wimax_dev *, struct sk_buff *); |
| 498 | extern int wimax_msg(struct wimax_dev *, const char *, |
| 499 | const void *, size_t, gfp_t); |
| 500 | |
| 501 | extern const void *wimax_msg_data_len(struct sk_buff *, size_t *); |
| 502 | extern const void *wimax_msg_data(struct sk_buff *); |
| 503 | extern ssize_t wimax_msg_len(struct sk_buff *); |
| 504 | |
| 505 | |
| 506 | /* |
| 507 | * WiMAX stack user space API |
| 508 | * -------------------------- |
| 509 | * |
| 510 | * This API is what gets exported to user space for general |
| 511 | * operations. As well, they can be called from within the kernel, |
| 512 | * (with a properly referenced `struct wimax_dev`). |
| 513 | * |
| 514 | * Properly referenced means: the 'struct net_device' that embeds the |
| 515 | * device's control structure and (as such) the 'struct wimax_dev' is |
| 516 | * referenced by the caller. |
| 517 | */ |
| 518 | extern int wimax_rfkill(struct wimax_dev *, enum wimax_rf_state); |
| 519 | extern int wimax_reset(struct wimax_dev *); |
| 520 | |
| 521 | #else |
| 522 | /* You might be looking for linux/wimax.h */ |
| 523 | #error This file should not be included from user space. |
| 524 | #endif /* #ifdef __KERNEL__ */ |
| 525 | #endif /* #ifndef __NET__WIMAX_H__ */ |