* [PATCH] mac80211: only create default STA interface if supported
@ 2008-12-08 23:10 Johannes Berg
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From: Johannes Berg @ 2008-12-08 23:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Linville; +Cc: Kalle Valo, linux-wireless
Drivers will support this, obviously, but this forces them to
set it up properly.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
---
net/mac80211/main.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- everything.orig/net/mac80211/main.c 2008-12-09 00:07:37.000000000 +0100
+++ everything/net/mac80211/main.c 2008-12-09 00:09:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -892,12 +892,14 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee802
local->mdev->select_queue = ieee80211_select_queue;
- /* add one default STA interface */
- result = ieee80211_if_add(local, "wlan%d", NULL,
- NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION, NULL);
- if (result)
- printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Failed to add default virtual iface\n",
- wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy));
+ /* add one default STA interface if supported */
+ if (local->hw.wiphy->interface_modes & NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) {
+ result = ieee80211_if_add(local, "wlan%d", NULL,
+ NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION, NULL);
+ if (result)
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Failed to add default virtual iface\n",
+ wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy));
+ }
rtnl_unlock();
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