diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index e3e7271ace0c719f799427d5e64a08e9399a758f..dede114d046e1345b2f9f25db581301f082a0564 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ S: 2322 37th Ave SW
S: Seattle, Washington 98126-2010
S: USA
+N: Johannes Berg
+E: johannes@sipsolutions.net
+W: http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/
+P: 1024D/9AB78CA5 AD02 0176 4E29 C137 1DF6 08D2 FC44 CF86 9AB7 8CA5
+D: powerpc & 802.11 hacker
+
N: Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless)
E: berg@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
D: General kernel, gcc, and libc hacker
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 7adebcc99cb41ab3181232728d639fd59b584957..f56c7e172cee12c6bf457767800662a20e1d48ed 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -894,6 +894,12 @@ M: maxextreme@gmail.com
L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
S: Maintained
+CFG80211 and NL80211
+P: Johannes Berg
+M: johannes@sipsolutions.net
+L: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
+S: Maintained
+
COMMON INTERNET FILE SYSTEM (CIFS)
P: Steve French
M: sfrench@samba.org
diff --git a/include/linux/Kbuild b/include/linux/Kbuild
index ea86f2e027168e430a44143dc4e9f6d9c0212326..4ff0f57d0addc8cf6f484201d620346c5a44331e 100644
--- a/include/linux/Kbuild
+++ b/include/linux/Kbuild
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ header-y += netrom.h
header-y += nfs2.h
header-y += nfs4_mount.h
header-y += nfs_mount.h
+header-y += nl80211.h
header-y += oom.h
header-y += param.h
header-y += pci_regs.h
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 71fc8ff4888b14f4ef4f32a11a6c56e428746362..584c199ec2d57edd999a4f726e9791f73a8d900b 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
struct vlan_group;
struct ethtool_ops;
struct netpoll_info;
+/* 802.11 specific */
+struct wireless_dev;
/* source back-compat hooks */
#define SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(netdev,ops) \
( (netdev)->ethtool_ops = (ops) )
@@ -400,6 +402,8 @@ struct net_device
void *ip6_ptr; /* IPv6 specific data */
void *ec_ptr; /* Econet specific data */
void *ax25_ptr; /* AX.25 specific data */
+ struct wireless_dev *ieee80211_ptr; /* IEEE 802.11 specific data,
+ assign before registering */
/*
* Cache line mostly used on receive path (including eth_type_trans())
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9a30ba2ca75eed3dcdb1709010fe20204e81335e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#ifndef __LINUX_NL80211_H
+#define __LINUX_NL80211_H
+/*
+ * 802.11 netlink interface public header
+ *
+ * Copyright 2006, 2007 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+ */
+
+/**
+ * enum nl80211_iftype - (virtual) interface types
+ * @NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED: unspecified type, driver decides
+ * @NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC: independent BSS member
+ * @NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION: managed BSS member
+ * @NL80211_IFTYPE_AP: access point
+ * @NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN: VLAN interface for access points
+ * @NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS: wireless distribution interface
+ * @NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR: monitor interface receiving all frames
+ * @__NL80211_IFTYPE_AFTER_LAST: internal use
+ *
+ * These values are used with the NL80211_ATTR_IFTYPE
+ * to set the type of an interface.
+ *
+ */
+enum nl80211_iftype {
+ NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+ NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC,
+ NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION,
+ NL80211_IFTYPE_AP,
+ NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN,
+ NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS,
+ NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR,
+
+ /* keep last */
+ __NL80211_IFTYPE_AFTER_LAST
+};
+#define NL80211_IFTYPE_MAX (__NL80211_IFTYPE_AFTER_LAST - 1)
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_NL80211_H */
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..783a11437a57ad9155e76e40f2838458ab2baaa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#ifndef __NET_CFG80211_H
+#define __NET_CFG80211_H
+
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+
+/*
+ * 802.11 configuration in-kernel interface
+ *
+ * Copyright 2006 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+ */
+
+/* from net/wireless.h */
+struct wiphy;
+
+/**
+ * struct cfg80211_ops - backend description for wireless configuration
+ *
+ * This struct is registered by fullmac card drivers and/or wireless stacks
+ * in order to handle configuration requests on their interfaces.
+ *
+ * All callbacks except where otherwise noted should return 0
+ * on success or a negative error code.
+ *
+ * @add_virtual_intf: create a new virtual interface with the given name
+ *
+ * @del_virtual_intf: remove the virtual interface determined by ifindex.
+ */
+struct cfg80211_ops {
+ int (*add_virtual_intf)(struct wiphy *wiphy, char *name,
+ unsigned int type);
+ int (*del_virtual_intf)(struct wiphy *wiphy, int ifindex);
+};
+
+#endif /* __NET_CFG80211_H */
diff --git a/include/net/wireless.h b/include/net/wireless.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d30c4ba8fd999557610bd40d9822f28ac9731dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/net/wireless.h
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#ifndef __NET_WIRELESS_H
+#define __NET_WIRELESS_H
+
+/*
+ * 802.11 device management
+ *
+ * Copyright 2007 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <net/cfg80211.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct wiphy - wireless hardware description
+ * @idx: the wiphy index assigned to this item
+ * @class_dev: the class device representing /sys/class/ieee80211/<wiphy-name>
+ */
+struct wiphy {
+ /* assign these fields before you register the wiphy */
+
+ /* permanent MAC address */
+ u8 perm_addr[ETH_ALEN];
+
+ /* If multiple wiphys are registered and you're handed e.g.
+ * a regular netdev with assigned ieee80211_ptr, you won't
+ * know whether it points to a wiphy your driver has registered
+ * or not. Assign this to something global to your driver to
+ * help determine whether you own this wiphy or not. */
+ void *privid;
+
+ /* fields below are read-only, assigned by cfg80211 */
+
+ /* the item in /sys/class/ieee80211/ points to this,
+ * you need use set_wiphy_dev() (see below) */
+ struct device dev;
+
+ /* dir in debugfs: ieee80211/<wiphyname> */
+ struct dentry *debugfsdir;
+
+ char priv[0] __attribute__((__aligned__(NETDEV_ALIGN)));
+};
+
+/** struct wireless_dev - wireless per-netdev state
+ *
+ * This structure must be allocated by the driver/stack
+ * that uses the ieee80211_ptr field in struct net_device
+ * (this is intentional so it can be allocated along with
+ * the netdev.)
+ *
+ * @wiphy: pointer to hardware description
+ */
+struct wireless_dev {
+ struct wiphy *wiphy;
+
+ /* private to the generic wireless code */
+ struct list_head list;
+ struct net_device *netdev;
+};
+
+/**
+ * wiphy_priv - return priv from wiphy
+ */
+static inline void *wiphy_priv(struct wiphy *wiphy)
+{
+ BUG_ON(!wiphy);
+ return &wiphy->priv;
+}
+
+/**
+ * set_wiphy_dev - set device pointer for wiphy
+ */
+static inline void set_wiphy_dev(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct device *dev)
+{
+ wiphy->dev.parent = dev;
+}
+
+/**
+ * wiphy_dev - get wiphy dev pointer
+ */
+static inline struct device *wiphy_dev(struct wiphy *wiphy)
+{
+ return wiphy->dev.parent;
+}
+
+/**
+ * wiphy_name - get wiphy name
+ */
+static inline char *wiphy_name(struct wiphy *wiphy)
+{
+ return wiphy->dev.bus_id;
+}
+
+/**
+ * wdev_priv - return wiphy priv from wireless_dev
+ */
+static inline void *wdev_priv(struct wireless_dev *wdev)
+{
+ BUG_ON(!wdev);
+ return wiphy_priv(wdev->wiphy);
+}
+
+/**
+ * wiphy_new - create a new wiphy for use with cfg80211
+ *
+ * create a new wiphy and associate the given operations with it.
+ * @sizeof_priv bytes are allocated for private use.
+ *
+ * the returned pointer must be assigned to each netdev's
+ * ieee80211_ptr for proper operation.
+ */
+struct wiphy *wiphy_new(struct cfg80211_ops *ops, int sizeof_priv);
+
+/**
+ * wiphy_register - register a wiphy with cfg80211
+ *
+ * register the given wiphy
+ *
+ * Returns a non-negative wiphy index or a negative error code.
+ */
+extern int wiphy_register(struct wiphy *wiphy);
+
+/**
+ * wiphy_unregister - deregister a wiphy from cfg80211
+ *
+ * unregister a device with the given priv pointer.
+ * After this call, no more requests can be made with this priv
+ * pointer, but the call may sleep to wait for an outstanding
+ * request that is being handled.
+ */
+extern void wiphy_unregister(struct wiphy *wiphy);
+
+/**
+ * wiphy_free - free wiphy
+ */
+extern void wiphy_free(struct wiphy *wiphy);
+
+#endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_H */
diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig
index ca2f05c29760bc95b2812ed05f09eb5a63916fac..1863c0b07d45960a4a25b6e3db30756ffcaa281f 100644
--- a/net/wireless/Kconfig
+++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+config CFG80211
+ tristate "Improved wireless configuration API"
+
config WIRELESS_EXT
bool "Wireless extensions"
default n
diff --git a/net/wireless/Makefile b/net/wireless/Makefile
index cf4e3d9726b804d56f77c86c005c235d496d4ab6..3f082ffae387d25e5d4ae6f8c9983f804734b77c 100644
--- a/net/wireless/Makefile
+++ b/net/wireless/Makefile
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-# dummy file for now
+obj-$(CONFIG_CFG80211) += cfg80211.o
+
+cfg80211-y += core.o sysfs.o
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..532e1e09e028e3d69e5f4089c76ac0d0e9532e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+/*
+ * This is the linux wireless configuration interface.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2006, 2007 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/if.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/nl80211.h>
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+#include <net/cfg80211.h>
+#include <net/wireless.h>
+#include "core.h"
+#include "sysfs.h"
+
+/* name for sysfs, %d is appended */
+#define PHY_NAME "phy"
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Berg");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("wireless configuration support");
+
+/* RCU might be appropriate here since we usually
+ * only read the list, and that can happen quite
+ * often because we need to do it for each command */
+LIST_HEAD(cfg80211_drv_list);
+DEFINE_MUTEX(cfg80211_drv_mutex);
+static int wiphy_counter;
+
+/* for debugfs */
+static struct dentry *ieee80211_debugfs_dir;
+
+/* exported functions */
+
+struct wiphy *wiphy_new(struct cfg80211_ops *ops, int sizeof_priv)
+{
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv;
+ int alloc_size;
+
+ alloc_size = sizeof(*drv) + sizeof_priv;
+
+ drv = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!drv)
+ return NULL;
+
+ drv->ops = ops;
+
+ mutex_lock(&cfg80211_drv_mutex);
+
+ if (unlikely(wiphy_counter<0)) {
+ /* ugh, wrapped! */
+ kfree(drv);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ drv->idx = wiphy_counter;
+
+ /* give it a proper name */
+ snprintf(drv->wiphy.dev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE,
+ PHY_NAME "%d", drv->idx);
+
+ /* now increase counter for the next time */
+ wiphy_counter++;
+ mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_drv_mutex);
+
+ mutex_init(&drv->mtx);
+ mutex_init(&drv->devlist_mtx);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&drv->netdev_list);
+
+ device_initialize(&drv->wiphy.dev);
+ drv->wiphy.dev.class = &ieee80211_class;
+ drv->wiphy.dev.platform_data = drv;
+
+ return &drv->wiphy;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(wiphy_new);
+
+int wiphy_register(struct wiphy *wiphy)
+{
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv = wiphy_to_dev(wiphy);
+ int res;
+
+ mutex_lock(&cfg80211_drv_mutex);
+
+
+ res = device_add(&drv->wiphy.dev);
+ if (res)
+ goto out_unlock;
+
+ list_add(&drv->list, &cfg80211_drv_list);
+
+ /* add to debugfs */
+ drv->wiphy.debugfsdir =
+ debugfs_create_dir(wiphy_name(&drv->wiphy),
+ ieee80211_debugfs_dir);
+
+ res = 0;
+out_unlock:
+ mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_drv_mutex);
+ return res;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(wiphy_register);
+
+void wiphy_unregister(struct wiphy *wiphy)
+{
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv = wiphy_to_dev(wiphy);
+
+ mutex_lock(&cfg80211_drv_mutex);
+
+ /* hold registered driver mutex during list removal as well
+ * to make sure no commands are in progress at the moment */
+ mutex_lock(&drv->mtx);
+ list_del(&drv->list);
+ mutex_unlock(&drv->mtx);
+
+ device_del(&drv->wiphy.dev);
+ debugfs_remove(drv->wiphy.debugfsdir);
+
+ mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_drv_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(wiphy_unregister);
+
+void cfg80211_dev_free(struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv)
+{
+ mutex_destroy(&drv->mtx);
+ mutex_destroy(&drv->devlist_mtx);
+ kfree(drv);
+}
+
+void wiphy_free(struct wiphy *wiphy)
+{
+ put_device(&wiphy->dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(wiphy_free);
+
+static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block * nb,
+ unsigned long state,
+ void *ndev)
+{
+ struct net_device *dev = ndev;
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev;
+
+ if (!dev->ieee80211_ptr)
+ return 0;
+
+ rdev = wiphy_to_dev(dev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy);
+
+ switch (state) {
+ case NETDEV_REGISTER:
+ mutex_lock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
+ list_add(&dev->ieee80211_ptr->list, &rdev->netdev_list);
+ if (sysfs_create_link(&dev->dev.kobj, &rdev->wiphy.dev.kobj,
+ "phy80211")) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "wireless: failed to add phy80211 "
+ "symlink to netdev!\n");
+ }
+ dev->ieee80211_ptr->netdev = dev;
+ mutex_unlock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
+ break;
+ case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
+ mutex_lock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
+ if (!list_empty(&dev->ieee80211_ptr->list)) {
+ sysfs_remove_link(&dev->dev.kobj, "phy80211");
+ list_del_init(&dev->ieee80211_ptr->list);
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block cfg80211_netdev_notifier = {
+ .notifier_call = cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call,
+};
+
+static int cfg80211_init(void)
+{
+ int err = wiphy_sysfs_init();
+ if (err)
+ goto out_fail_sysfs;
+
+ err = register_netdevice_notifier(&cfg80211_netdev_notifier);
+ if (err)
+ goto out_fail_notifier;
+
+ ieee80211_debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("ieee80211", NULL);
+
+ return 0;
+
+out_fail_notifier:
+ wiphy_sysfs_exit();
+out_fail_sysfs:
+ return err;
+}
+module_init(cfg80211_init);
+
+static void cfg80211_exit(void)
+{
+ debugfs_remove(ieee80211_debugfs_dir);
+ unregister_netdevice_notifier(&cfg80211_netdev_notifier);
+ wiphy_sysfs_exit();
+}
+module_exit(cfg80211_exit);
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.h b/net/wireless/core.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..158db1edb92a98cc41d09d72864eb1a473f08bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/wireless/core.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Wireless configuration interface internals.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2006, 2007 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+ */
+#ifndef __NET_WIRELESS_CORE_H
+#define __NET_WIRELESS_CORE_H
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+#include <net/wireless.h>
+#include <net/cfg80211.h>
+
+struct cfg80211_registered_device {
+ struct cfg80211_ops *ops;
+ struct list_head list;
+ /* we hold this mutex during any call so that
+ * we cannot do multiple calls at once, and also
+ * to avoid the deregister call to proceed while
+ * any call is in progress */
+ struct mutex mtx;
+
+ /* wiphy index, internal only */
+ int idx;
+
+ /* associate netdev list */
+ struct mutex devlist_mtx;
+ struct list_head netdev_list;
+
+ /* must be last because of the way we do wiphy_priv(),
+ * and it should at least be aligned to NETDEV_ALIGN */
+ struct wiphy wiphy __attribute__((__aligned__(NETDEV_ALIGN)));
+};
+
+static inline
+struct cfg80211_registered_device *wiphy_to_dev(struct wiphy *wiphy)
+{
+ BUG_ON(!wiphy);
+ return container_of(wiphy, struct cfg80211_registered_device, wiphy);
+}
+
+extern struct mutex cfg80211_drv_mutex;
+extern struct list_head cfg80211_drv_list;
+
+/* free object */
+extern void cfg80211_dev_free(struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv);
+
+#endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_CORE_H */
diff --git a/net/wireless/sysfs.c b/net/wireless/sysfs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3ebae14429636b017cdd2420b68a17f71ee1a11b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/wireless/sysfs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * This file provides /sys/class/ieee80211/<wiphy name>/
+ * and some default attributes.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2005-2006 Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
+ * Copyright 2006 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+ *
+ * This file is GPLv2 as found in COPYING.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/nl80211.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
+#include <net/cfg80211.h>
+#include "sysfs.h"
+#include "core.h"
+
+static inline struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev_to_rdev(
+ struct device *dev)
+{
+ return container_of(dev, struct cfg80211_registered_device, wiphy.dev);
+}
+
+static ssize_t _show_index(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", dev_to_rdev(dev)->idx);
+}
+
+static ssize_t _show_permaddr(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ char *addr = dev_to_rdev(dev)->wiphy.perm_addr;
+
+ return sprintf(buf, "%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x\n",
+ addr[0], addr[1], addr[2], addr[3], addr[4], addr[5]);
+}
+
+static struct device_attribute ieee80211_dev_attrs[] = {
+ __ATTR(index, S_IRUGO, _show_index, NULL),
+ __ATTR(macaddress, S_IRUGO, _show_permaddr, NULL),
+ {}
+};
+
+static void wiphy_dev_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = dev_to_rdev(dev);
+
+ cfg80211_dev_free(rdev);
+}
+
+static int wiphy_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp,
+ int num_envp, char *buf, int size)
+{
+ /* TODO, we probably need stuff here */
+ return 0;
+}
+
+struct class ieee80211_class = {
+ .name = "ieee80211",
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .dev_release = wiphy_dev_release,
+ .dev_attrs = ieee80211_dev_attrs,
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
+ .dev_uevent = wiphy_uevent,
+#endif
+};
+
+int wiphy_sysfs_init(void)
+{
+ return class_register(&ieee80211_class);
+}
+
+void wiphy_sysfs_exit(void)
+{
+ class_unregister(&ieee80211_class);
+}
diff --git a/net/wireless/sysfs.h b/net/wireless/sysfs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..65acbebd371127b5eeb70f5bc82a6c1028924c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/wireless/sysfs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef __WIRELESS_SYSFS_H
+#define __WIRELESS_SYSFS_H
+
+extern int wiphy_sysfs_init(void);
+extern void wiphy_sysfs_exit(void);
+
+extern struct class ieee80211_class;
+
+#endif /* __WIRELESS_SYSFS_H */