{nl,cfg,mac}80211: let userspace make meshif mesh gate

Allow userspace to set NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS attribute,
which will advertise this mesh node as being a mesh gate.
NL80211_HWMP_ROOTMODE must be set or this will do nothing.

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 20353bb44840..3769303d6fa6 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1864,6 +1864,10 @@ enum nl80211_mntr_flags {
  * @NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_RANN_INTERVAL:  The interval of time (in TUs) between
  * root announcements are transmitted.
  *
+ * @NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS: Advertise that this mesh station has
+ * access to a broader network beyond the MBSS.  This is done via Root
+ * Announcement frames.
+ *
  * @NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_MAX: highest possible mesh configuration attribute
  *
  * @__NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -1886,6 +1890,7 @@ enum nl80211_meshconf_params {
         NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_ROOTMODE,
         NL80211_MESHCONF_ELEMENT_TTL,
         NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_RANN_INTERVAL,
+        NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS,
 
         /* keep last */
         __NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 4f0d12e349d1..77aa777c10ef 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -756,6 +756,11 @@ struct mesh_config {
         u16 dot11MeshHWMPnetDiameterTraversalTime;
         u8  dot11MeshHWMPRootMode;
         u16 dot11MeshHWMPRannInterval;
+        /* This is missnamed in draft 12.0: dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol
+         * set to true only means that the station will announce others it's a
+         * mesh gate, but not necessarily using the gate announcement protocol.
+         * Still keeping the same nomenclature to be in sync with the spec. */
+        bool  dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol;
 };
 
 /**