wireless conguration cfg80211 and nl80211

Johannes Berg

2007-01-20

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

Overview
1 cfg80211 driver interface 2 userspace interface: nl80211 3 userspace interface: wext compatibility 4 userspace 5 future

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cfg80211 driver interface

Current status

dened in include/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211 register/unregister with priv pointer struct cfg80211 ops for operations on the device virtual device support, identied by struct net device clearly dened commands, each with very limited scope

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cfg80211 driver interface

Current status

dened in include/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211 register/unregister with priv pointer struct cfg80211 ops for operations on the device virtual device support, identied by struct net device clearly dened commands, each with very limited scope

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

cfg80211 driver interface

Current status

dened in include/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211 register/unregister with priv pointer struct cfg80211 ops for operations on the device virtual device support, identied by struct net device clearly dened commands, each with very limited scope

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

cfg80211 driver interface

Current status

dened in include/net/cfg80211.h cfg80211 register/unregister with priv pointer struct cfg80211 ops for operations on the device virtual device support, identied by struct net device clearly dened commands, each with very limited scope

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cfg80211 driver interface

Operations

all regular operations like scanning etc. bookkeeping: list interfaces

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cfg80211 driver interface

Operations

all regular operations like scanning etc. bookkeeping: list interfaces

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userspace interface: nl80211

Current status

based on genetlink userspace ABI in include/linux/nl80211.h code in net/wireless/nl80211.c

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userspace interface: nl80211

Current status

based on genetlink userspace ABI in include/linux/nl80211.h code in net/wireless/nl80211.c

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userspace interface: nl80211

Current status

based on genetlink userspace ABI in include/linux/nl80211.h code in net/wireless/nl80211.c

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userspace interface: nl80211

Some details

most operations are commands taking a single argument some MLME attributes are grouped together to allow

conguring fullMAC cards in one step

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userspace interface: nl80211

Some details

most operations are commands taking a single argument some MLME attributes are grouped together to allow

conguring fullMAC cards in one step

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

userspace interface: wext compatibility

drivers should just implement cfg80211 the compat layer will thunk wext calls into cfg80211 currently both coexist to allow moving over gradually, a single driver can implement

both wext and cfg80211

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

userspace interface: wext compatibility

drivers should just implement cfg80211 the compat layer will thunk wext calls into cfg80211 currently both coexist to allow moving over gradually, a single driver can implement

both wext and cfg80211

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

userspace interface: wext compatibility

drivers should just implement cfg80211 the compat layer will thunk wext calls into cfg80211 currently both coexist to allow moving over gradually, a single driver can implement

both wext and cfg80211

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

userspace interface: wext compatibility

drivers should just implement cfg80211 the compat layer will thunk wext calls into cfg80211 currently both coexist to allow moving over gradually, a single driver can implement

both wext and cfg80211

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

userspace

no userspace program exists yet libnl needs to be extended once that is done, the netlink interface will be simple to use discussion item: userspace MLME access

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

userspace

no userspace program exists yet libnl needs to be extended once that is done, the netlink interface will be simple to use discussion item: userspace MLME access

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

userspace

no userspace program exists yet libnl needs to be extended once that is done, the netlink interface will be simple to use discussion item: userspace MLME access

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

userspace

no userspace program exists yet libnl needs to be extended once that is done, the netlink interface will be simple to use discussion item: userspace MLME access

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

future

802.11w is upcoming and we will want a userspace MLME cfg80211/nl80211 will provide access to the MAC for the

userspace MLME
cfg80211/nl80211 also needs to provide MLME access for

full-MAC cards
need to dene notication

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

future

802.11w is upcoming and we will want a userspace MLME cfg80211/nl80211 will provide access to the MAC for the

userspace MLME
cfg80211/nl80211 also needs to provide MLME access for

full-MAC cards
need to dene notication

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

future

802.11w is upcoming and we will want a userspace MLME cfg80211/nl80211 will provide access to the MAC for the

userspace MLME
cfg80211/nl80211 also needs to provide MLME access for

full-MAC cards
need to dene notication

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

future

802.11w is upcoming and we will want a userspace MLME cfg80211/nl80211 will provide access to the MAC for the

userspace MLME
cfg80211/nl80211 also needs to provide MLME access for

full-MAC cards
need to dene notication

2007-01-20 Johannes Berg

future

discussion item
I believe that we need a way to transparently access the MLME. Should this be a userspace library or should the kernel arbitrate? userspace pro:
no kernel/userspace transistion necessary

kernel pro:
nl80211 can be used kernel just forwards messages to

registered userspace MLME

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Thank you for your attention

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