[MAC80211]: add "invalid" interface type

Since I cannot convince the lazy driver authors (hello Michael)
to stop (ab)using the MGMT interface type internally in their
drivers, this patch introduces a new _INVALID type especially
for their use and changes all affected drivers to use it.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 6ec12bd3a3ec..bd72f59e98fd 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -457,6 +457,8 @@ struct ieee80211_conf {
 /**
  * enum ieee80211_if_types - types of 802.11 network interfaces
  *
+ * @IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_INVALID: invalid interface type, not used
+ *      by mac80211 itself
  * @IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP: interface in AP mode.
  * @IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MGMT: special interface for communication with hostap
  *      daemon. Drivers should never see this type.
@@ -468,6 +470,7 @@ struct ieee80211_conf {
  *      will never see this type.
  */
 enum ieee80211_if_types {
+        IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_INVALID,
         IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP,
         IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MGMT,
         IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA,