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RFC get rid of AP mode monitor interfaces

Johannes Berg linux-wireless 1 version In review

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  1. v2 RFC Latest12 patches 18 repliesIn review

Patches in v2 No applies recorded yet

#Subject and filesSizeRepliesApplied
1/12mac80211: add helper to free TX skbinclude/net/mac80211.h net/mac80211/status.c+16 -00 replies
2/12mac80211: add support for control port protocol in AP modenet/mac80211/cfg.c net/mac80211/iface.c+32 -20 replies
3/12nl80211: allow subscribing to unexpected class3 framesinclude/linux/nl80211.h include/net/cfg80211.h net/wireless/mlme.c +2 more+117 -00 replies
4/12mac80211: support spurious class3 eventnet/mac80211/rx.c+7 -00 replies
5/12nl80211: advertise device AP SMEdrivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c include/linux/nl80211.h include/net/cfg80211.h +2 more+37 -11 reply
6/12nl80211: add API to probe a clientinclude/linux/nl80211.h include/net/cfg80211.h net/wireless/nl80211.c+131 -00 replies
7/12mac80211: support client probenet/mac80211/cfg.c net/mac80211/status.c+95 -180 replies
8/12net: add wireless TX status socket optionarch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h +20 more+125 -31 reply
9/12nl80211: advertise socket TX status capabilityinclude/linux/nl80211.h include/net/cfg80211.h net/wireless/nl80211.c+19 -10 replies
10/12mac80211: implement wifi TX statusinclude/net/mac80211.h net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h net/mac80211/main.c +2 more+115 -60 replies
11/12cfg80211: allow registering to beaconsinclude/linux/nl80211.h include/net/cfg80211.h net/wireless/core.h +1 more+98 -10 replies
12/12mac80211: report OBSS beaconsnet/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h net/mac80211/main.c net/mac80211/rx.c+17 -10 replies

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No Reviewed-by, Acked-by or Tested-by trailers for v2 yet.

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Cover letter [RFC v2 00/12] get rid of AP mode monitor interfaces

Here's a resend, now with OBSS beacon receive that allows implementing the right protection logic in hostapd.

As far as I can tell, this is complete. Separate hostapd/wpa_s patchset will be on the way shortly.

johannes