Re: Netlink Question

[Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>]

+ linux-wireless

Not really a backports question so adding linux-wireless

On 08/11/2014 09:21 PM, C. McPherson wrote:
> I have some private WiFi ioctl's that are associated with a couple of
> drivers and I would like to convert those private ioctl's into netlink.
> Does anyone know if there is any documentation on this or a URL that I
> could reference before I attempt?

I guess the "private WiFi ioctl's" you are referring to are the ones 
used in Android wpa_supplicant driver_cmd lib? There is no real cookbook 
on how to add nl80211 commands (maybe I am wrong here), but there are 
sufficient patches to be found in the linux-wireless archive. A recent 
one about key management offload adds a couple of commands and 
attributes which may give an idea what is needed:

http://mid.gmane.org/1406076875-8549-1-git-send-email-clanctot@qca.qualcomm.com

Obviously, you need to modify the "couple of drivers" to deal with the 
nl80211 netlink commands.

Regards,
Arend

> Thanks in advance
> Clyde
>
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