mac80211: allow low-level drivers to set netdev feature bits

Low level drivers can now set certain netdev feature bits in
netdev_features member of the ieee80211_hw struct. These will be
propagated to every netdev created from this HW.

The white-listed features currently include only ones related to HW
checksumming.

Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 1937c7d98304..0286c0476e44 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1297,6 +1297,10 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
  *      reports, by default it is set to _MCS, _GI and _BW but doesn't
  *      include _FMT. Use %IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_HAVE_* values, only
  *      adding _BW is supported today.
+ *
+ * @netdev_features: netdev features to be set in each netdev created
+ *      from this HW. Note only HW checksum features are currently
+ *      compatible with mac80211. Other feature bits will be rejected.
  */
 struct ieee80211_hw {
         struct ieee80211_conf conf;
@@ -1319,6 +1323,7 @@ struct ieee80211_hw {
         u8 max_tx_aggregation_subframes;
         u8 offchannel_tx_hw_queue;
         u8 radiotap_mcs_details;
+        netdev_features_t netdev_features;
 };
 
 /**