From: Baligh Gasmi <gasmibal@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
Baligh Gasmi <gasmibal@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] ip/iplink_virt_wifi: add support for virt_wifi
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:28:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220418222859.2324-1-gasmibal@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220418080642.4093224e@hermes.local>
Add support for creating virt_wifi devices type.
Syntax:
$ ip link add link eth0 name wlan0 type virt_wifi
Signed-off-by: Baligh Gasmi <gasmibal@gmail.com>
---
ip/Makefile | 2 +-
ip/iplink.c | 2 +-
ip/iplink_virt_wifi.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 6 +++++-
4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 ip/iplink_virt_wifi.c
diff --git a/ip/Makefile b/ip/Makefile
index 0f14c609..e06a7c84 100644
--- a/ip/Makefile
+++ b/ip/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ IPOBJ=ip.o ipaddress.o ipaddrlabel.o iproute.o iprule.o ipnetns.o \
iplink_geneve.o iplink_vrf.o iproute_lwtunnel.o ipmacsec.o ipila.o \
ipvrf.o iplink_xstats.o ipseg6.o iplink_netdevsim.o iplink_rmnet.o \
ipnexthop.o ipmptcp.o iplink_bareudp.o iplink_wwan.o ipioam6.o \
- iplink_amt.o iplink_batadv.o iplink_gtp.o
+ iplink_amt.o iplink_batadv.o iplink_gtp.o iplink_virt_wifi.o
RTMONOBJ=rtmon.o
diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c
index 7accd378..dc76a12b 100644
--- a/ip/iplink.c
+++ b/ip/iplink.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void iplink_types_usage(void)
" macsec | macvlan | macvtap |\n"
" netdevsim | nlmon | rmnet | sit | team | team_slave |\n"
" vcan | veth | vlan | vrf | vti | vxcan | vxlan | wwan |\n"
- " xfrm }\n");
+ " xfrm | virt_wifi }\n");
}
void iplink_usage(void)
diff --git a/ip/iplink_virt_wifi.c b/ip/iplink_virt_wifi.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dce14462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ip/iplink_virt_wifi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * iplink_virt_wifi.c A fake implementation of cfg80211_ops that can be tacked
+ * on to an ethernet net_device to make it appear as a
+ * wireless connection.
+ *
+ * Authors: Baligh Gasmi <gasmibal@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "ip_common.h"
+
+static void virt_wifi_print_help(struct link_util *lu,
+ int argc, char **argv, FILE *f)
+{
+ fprintf(f, "Usage: ... virt_wifi \n");
+}
+
+struct link_util virt_wifi_link_util = {
+ .id = "virt_wifi",
+ .print_help = virt_wifi_print_help,
+};
diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index ee189abc..ec3cc429 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration
.BR netdevsim " |"
.BR rmnet " |"
.BR xfrm " |"
-.BR gtp " ]"
+.BR gtp " |"
+.BR virt_wifi " ]"
.ti -8
.IR ETYPE " := [ " TYPE " |"
@@ -396,6 +397,9 @@ Link types:
.sp
.BR gtp
- GPRS Tunneling Protocol
+.sp
+.BR virt_wifi
+- rtnetlink wifi simulation device
.in -8
.TP
--
2.25.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-18 22:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-17 22:53 [PATCH] ip/iplink_virt_wifi: add support for virt_wifi Baligh Gasmi
2022-04-18 4:39 ` Benjamin Poirier
2022-04-18 15:06 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-04-18 22:18 ` [PATCH v2] " Baligh Gasmi
2022-04-18 23:15 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-04-18 23:25 ` Baligh GASMI
2022-04-18 22:28 ` Baligh Gasmi [this message]
2022-04-18 23:25 ` [PATCH v4] " Baligh Gasmi
2022-04-20 2:40 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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