{nl,cfg,mac}80211: let userspace make meshif mesh gate
Allow userspace to set NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS attribute,
which will advertise this mesh node as being a mesh gate.
NL80211_HWMP_ROOTMODE must be set or this will do nothing.
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 4f0d12e..77aa777 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -756,6 +756,11 @@
u16 dot11MeshHWMPnetDiameterTraversalTime;
u8 dot11MeshHWMPRootMode;
u16 dot11MeshHWMPRannInterval;
+ /* This is missnamed in draft 12.0: dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol
+ * set to true only means that the station will announce others it's a
+ * mesh gate, but not necessarily using the gate announcement protocol.
+ * Still keeping the same nomenclature to be in sync with the spec. */
+ bool dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol;
};
/**