Re: [RFC 01/11] cfg80211: connect/disconnect API

[Samuel Ortiz <samuel.ortiz@intel.com>]

Hi Johannes,

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 05:07:46AM -0700, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
> 
> This patch introduces the cfg80211 connect/disconnect API.
> The goal here is to run the AUTH and ASSOC steps in one call.
> This is needed for some fullmac cards that run both steps
> directly from the target, after the host driver sends a
> connect command.
With this API, we should now be able to support the iwconfig key restricted
stuff, with a patch like that:

---
 net/wireless/wext-compat.c |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Index: iwm-2.6/net/wireless/wext-compat.c
===================================================================
--- iwm-2.6.orig/net/wireless/wext-compat.c	2009-06-24 17:25:37.000000000 +0200
+++ iwm-2.6/net/wireless/wext-compat.c	2009-06-24 17:25:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -555,6 +555,11 @@ int cfg80211_wext_siwencode(struct net_d
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	if (erq->flags & IW_ENCODE_RESTRICTED)
+		wdev->wext.connect.auth_type = NL80211_AUTHTYPE_SHARED_KEY;
+	else
+		wdev->wext.connect.auth_type = NL80211_AUTHTYPE_OPEN_SYSTEM;
+
 	memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));
 	params.key = keybuf;
 	params.key_len = erq->length;



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