mac80211: Notify new IBSS network creation

Initialization of beacon transmission in IBSS mode depends
on whether a new BSS is being created or joined. When joining
an existing IBSS network, beaconing has to start only after
a TSF-sync has happened - this is explained in 11.1.4.

Introduce a new parameter in the BSS information structure to
indicate creator/joiner mode.

Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 89d5bba28e05..71c2f9c2f5be 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ enum ieee80211_rssi_event {
  * @assoc: association status
  * @ibss_joined: indicates whether this station is part of an IBSS
  *      or not
+ * @ibss_creator: indicates if a new IBSS network is being created
  * @aid: association ID number, valid only when @assoc is true
  * @use_cts_prot: use CTS protection
  * @use_short_preamble: use 802.11b short preamble;
@@ -313,6 +314,7 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf {
         const u8 *bssid;
         /* association related data */
         bool assoc, ibss_joined;
+        bool ibss_creator;
         u16 aid;
         /* erp related data */
         bool use_cts_prot;