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From: James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>
To: iwd@lists.linux.dev
Cc: James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] doc: document [DriverFlags] group settings
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 12:24:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230615192415.1718516-3-prestwoj@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230615192415.1718516-1-prestwoj@gmail.com>

---
 src/iwd.config.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/iwd.config.rst b/src/iwd.config.rst
index b3dc22d4..190f2c69 100644
--- a/src/iwd.config.rst
+++ b/src/iwd.config.rst
@@ -378,6 +378,32 @@ The group ``[IPv4]`` contains settings related to IPv4 network configuration.
        will limit the number of access points that can be running
        simultaneously on different interfaces.
 
+DriverFlags
+-----------
+
+The group ``[DriverFlags]`` contains special flags associated with drivers that
+are buggy or just don't behave similar enough to the majority of other drivers.
+
+.. list-table::
+   :header-rows: 0
+   :stub-columns: 0
+   :widths: 20 80
+   :align: left
+
+   * - DefaultInterface
+     - Values: comma-separated list of drivers or glob matches
+
+       If a driver in use matches one in this list IWD will not attempt to
+       remove and re-create the default interface.
+
+   * - ForcePae
+     - Values: comma-separated list of drivers or glob matches
+
+       If a driver in use matches one in this list ControlPortOverNL80211 will
+       not be used, and PAE will be used instead. Some drivers do not properly
+       support ControlPortOverNL80211 even though they advertise support for it.
+
+
 SEE ALSO
 ========
 
-- 
2.25.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-06-15 19:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-15 19:24 [PATCH 1/7] wiphy: store driver flags directly in wiphy object James Prestwood
2023-06-15 19:24 ` [PATCH 2/7] wiphy: allow for user-defined driver flags James Prestwood
2023-06-18 19:03   ` Denis Kenzior
2023-06-15 19:24 ` James Prestwood [this message]
2023-06-15 19:24 ` [PATCH 4/7] wiphy: add [DriverFlags].PowerSaveDisable flag James Prestwood
2023-06-18 19:07   ` Denis Kenzior
2023-06-19 14:49     ` James Prestwood
2023-06-15 19:24 ` [PATCH 5/7] netdev: disable power save if required James Prestwood
2023-06-18 19:11   ` Denis Kenzior
2023-06-19 14:54     ` James Prestwood
2023-06-15 19:24 ` [PATCH 6/7] wiphy: print driver flags on startup James Prestwood
2023-06-15 19:24 ` [PATCH 7/7] doc: Document [DriverFlags].PowerSaveDisable James Prestwood

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