2012-01-20 08:21:42

by Chun-Yeow Yeoh

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Subject: [PATCH] iw: Add support of setting non-forwarding entity in Mesh

This patch creates a new mesh parameter known as mesh_fwding. Mesh node will become
non-forwarding entity if this parameter is set to 0. By default, it is set as 1.

Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <[email protected]>
---
mesh.c | 2 ++
nl80211.h | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mesh.c b/mesh.c
index 37fd1cd..764cc32 100644
--- a/mesh.c
+++ b/mesh.c
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ const static struct mesh_param_descr _mesh_param_descrs[] =
_my_nla_put_u16, _parse_u16, _print_u16},
{"mesh_gate_announcements", NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS,
_my_nla_put_u8, _parse_u8, _print_u8},
+ {"mesh_fwding", NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING,
+ _my_nla_put_u8, _parse_u8_as_bool, _print_u8},
};

static void print_all_mesh_param_descr(void)
diff --git a/nl80211.h b/nl80211.h
index a187606..92a1cc5 100644
--- a/nl80211.h
+++ b/nl80211.h
@@ -2098,6 +2098,9 @@ enum nl80211_mntr_flags {
* TUs) during which a mesh STA can send only one Action frame containing a
* PERR element.
*
+ * @NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING: set Mesh STA as forwarding or non-forwarding
+ * or forwarding entity (default is TRUE - forwarding entity)
+ *
* @NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_MAX: highest possible mesh configuration attribute
*
* @__NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -2122,6 +2125,7 @@ enum nl80211_meshconf_params {
NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_RANN_INTERVAL,
NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS,
NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_PERR_MIN_INTERVAL,
+ NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING,

/* keep last */
__NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
--
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