Marcel Holtmann 384912ed19 net: Add DEVTYPE support for Ethernet based devices ... The Ethernet framing is used for a lot of devices these days. Most prominent are WiFi and WiMAX based devices. However for userspace application it is important to classify these devices correctly and not only see them as Ethernet devices. The daemons like HAL, DeviceKit or even NetworkManager with udev support tries to do the classification in userspace with a lot trickery and extra system calls. This is not good and actually reaches its limitations. Especially since the kernel does know the type of the Ethernet device it is pretty stupid. To solve this problem the underlying device type needs to be set and then the value will be exported as DEVTYPE via uevents and available within udev. # cat /sys/class/net/wlan0/uevent DEVTYPE=wlan INTERFACE=wlan0 IFINDEX=5 This is similar to subsystems like USB and SCSI that distinguish between hosts, devices, disks, partitions etc. The new SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE() is a convenience helper to set the actual device type. All device types are free form, but for convenience the same strings as used with RFKILL are choosen. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>		2009-09-11 12:54:55 -07:00
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aes_ccm.c	mac80211: aes_ccm.c remove crypto wrapper and extra args	2008-07-08 14:16:02 -04:00
aes_ccm.h	mac80211: pass scratch buffer directly, remove additional pointers	2008-07-08 14:16:02 -04:00
aes_cmac.c	mac80211: 802.11w - Add BIP (AES-128-CMAC)	2009-01-29 16:00:02 -05:00
aes_cmac.h	mac80211: 802.11w - Add BIP (AES-128-CMAC)	2009-01-29 16:00:02 -05:00
agg-rx.c	mac80211: Add a timeout for frames in the RX reorder buffer	2009-05-06 15:15:04 -04:00
agg-tx.c	Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6	2009-08-14 16:07:21 -07:00
cfg.c	nl80211: add generation number to all dumps	2009-08-14 09:13:43 -04:00
cfg.h
debugfs.c	mac80211: remove master netdev	2009-07-24 15:05:30 -04:00
debugfs.h
debugfs_key.c	mac80211: 802.11w - Use BIP (AES-128-CMAC)	2009-01-29 16:00:03 -05:00
debugfs_key.h	mac80211: 802.11w - Use BIP (AES-128-CMAC)	2009-01-29 16:00:03 -05:00
debugfs_netdev.c	mac80211: New stat counters for multicast and unicast forwarded frames	2009-08-20 11:36:04 -04:00
debugfs_netdev.h	mac80211: revamp virtual interface handling	2008-07-14 14:30:07 -04:00
debugfs_sta.c	mac80211: improve per-sta debugfs	2009-07-10 14:57:54 -04:00
debugfs_sta.h
driver-ops.h	mac80211: remove tasklet enable/disable	2009-08-28 14:40:34 -04:00
driver-trace.c	mac80211: fix sparse warnings/errors	2009-08-04 16:43:25 -04:00
driver-trace.h	mac80211: allow configure_filter callback to sleep	2009-08-20 11:35:58 -04:00
event.c	cfg80211: use proper allocation flags	2009-07-10 15:01:49 -04:00
ht.c	cfg80211: clean up includes	2009-04-22 16:57:17 -04:00
ibss.c	mac80211: redefine usage of the mac80211 workqueue	2009-08-04 16:44:14 -04:00
ieee80211_i.h	wireless: convert drivers to netdev_tx_t	2009-09-01 01:14:04 -07:00
iface.c	net: Add DEVTYPE support for Ethernet based devices	2009-09-11 12:54:55 -07:00
Kconfig	wireless: remove mac80211 rate selection extra menu	2009-09-02 15:29:03 -04:00
key.c	mac80211: fix todo lock	2009-07-10 15:01:48 -04:00
key.h	nl80211: Add RSC configuration for new keys	2009-05-13 15:44:39 -04:00
led.c
led.h
main.c	mac80211: remove tasklet enable/disable	2009-08-28 14:40:34 -04:00
Makefile	cfg80211: self-contained wext handling where possible	2009-07-29 15:46:20 -04:00
mesh.c	mac80211: Update mesh config IE to 11s draft 3.02	2009-08-28 14:40:24 -04:00
mesh.h	mac80211: Decouple fail_avg stats used by mesh from rate control algorithm.	2009-08-20 11:36:02 -04:00
mesh_hwmp.c	mac80211: New stat counters for multicast and unicast forwarded frames	2009-08-20 11:36:04 -04:00
mesh_pathtbl.c	mac80211: Move mpath and mpp growth to mesh workqueue.	2009-08-14 09:14:01 -04:00
mesh_plink.c	mac80211: Fix invalid length passed to IE parser for PLINK CONFIRM frames	2009-08-14 09:14:06 -04:00
michael.c	mac80211: remove ieee80211_get_hdr_info	2008-07-08 14:16:01 -04:00
michael.h	mac80211: remove ieee80211_get_hdr_info	2008-07-08 14:16:01 -04:00
mlme.c	mac80211: Check pending scan request after having processed mgd work	2009-08-28 14:40:46 -04:00
pm.c	mac80211: fix configure_filter invocation after stop	2009-08-28 14:40:25 -04:00
rate.c	mac80211: remove master netdev	2009-07-24 15:05:30 -04:00
rate.h	mac80211: rate control status only for controlled packets	2009-03-27 20:13:15 -04:00
rc80211_minstrel.c	mac80211: Decouple fail_avg stats used by mesh from rate control algorithm.	2009-08-20 11:36:02 -04:00
rc80211_minstrel.h	mac80211: Remove unnused throughput field from minstrel_rate.	2009-08-28 14:40:34 -04:00
rc80211_minstrel_debugfs.c	net: file_operations should be const	2009-09-02 01:03:53 -07:00
rc80211_pid.h	mac80211/drivers: rewrite the rate control API	2008-10-31 19:00:23 -04:00
rc80211_pid_algo.c	rc80211_pid_algo.c: remove unused variable declaration	2009-08-20 11:36:03 -04:00
rc80211_pid_debugfs.c	net: file_operations should be const	2009-09-02 01:03:53 -07:00
rx.c	mac80211: fix RX skb leaks	2009-08-28 14:40:41 -04:00
scan.c	mac80211: fix scan cancel on ifdown	2009-08-28 14:40:45 -04:00
spectmgmt.c	mac80211: move channel switch code	2009-05-20 14:46:25 -04:00
sta_info.c	nl80211: add generation number to all dumps	2009-08-14 09:13:43 -04:00
sta_info.h	mac80211: fix PS-poll response, race	2009-07-27 15:24:19 -04:00
tkip.c	mac80211: add driver ops wrappers	2009-05-06 15:14:37 -04:00
tkip.h
tx.c	wireless: convert drivers to netdev_tx_t	2009-09-01 01:14:04 -07:00
util.c	mac80211: fix configure_filter invocation after stop	2009-08-28 14:40:25 -04:00
wep.c	cfg80211: rework key operation	2009-07-24 15:05:09 -04:00
wep.h	cfg80211: rework key operation	2009-07-24 15:05:09 -04:00
wme.c	mac80211: remove master netdev	2009-07-24 15:05:30 -04:00
wme.h	mac80211: remove master netdev	2009-07-24 15:05:30 -04:00
wpa.c	cfg80211: use proper allocation flags	2009-07-10 15:01:49 -04:00
wpa.h	mac80211: 802.11w - Add BIP (AES-128-CMAC)	2009-01-29 16:00:02 -05:00