allow mac80211 devices to be configured to do 802.11s, requires iw

SVN-Revision: 14669

diff --git a/docs/wireless.tex b/docs/wireless.tex
index dd6ec43dd9ead3d4a98644aeb623c595cd510752..f1725318f866f07eeca0dab4929b76f1f3792d40 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/wireless.tex
+++ b/docs/wireless.tex
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ config wifi-device    wifi device name
 config wifi-iface
     option network  the interface you want wifi to bridge with
     option device   wifi0, wifi1, wifi2, wifiN
-    option mode     ap, sta, adhoc, monitor, or wds
+    option mode     ap, sta, adhoc, monitor, mesh, or wds
     option txpower  (deprecated) transmission power in dBm
     option ssid     ssid name
     option bssid    bssid address
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ config wifi-iface
             \item \texttt{monitor} \\
                 Monitor mode
 
+           \item \texttt{mesh} \\
+               Mesh Point mode (802.11s)
+
             \item \texttt{wds} \\
                 WDS point-to-point link
 
@@ -229,6 +232,11 @@ config wifi-iface
 
 \end{itemize}
 
+\paragraph{Mesh Point}
+
+Mesh Point (802.11s) is only supported by some mac80211 drivers. It requires the iw package
+to be installed to setup mesh links. OpenWrt creates mshN mesh point interfaces.
+
 \paragraph{Wireless Distribution System}
 
 WDS is a non-standard mode which will be working between two Broadcom devices for instance

diff --git a/package/mac80211/files/lib/wifi/mac80211.sh b/package/mac80211/files/lib/wifi/mac80211.sh
index 8f3ed4a25ad46be7d4e9fde18f168df64fb41dfb..77c79763512c0422110ce20160d85b71af7cba20 100644 (file)
--- a/package/mac80211/files/lib/wifi/mac80211.sh
+++ b/package/mac80211/files/lib/wifi/mac80211.sh
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ scan_mac80211() {
 
                config_get mode "$vif" mode
                case "$mode" in
-                       adhoc|sta|ap|monitor)
+                       adhoc|sta|ap|monitor|mesh)
                                append $mode "$vif"
                        ;;
                        *) echo "$device($vif): Invalid mode, ignored."; continue;;
                esac
        done
 
-       config_set "$device" vifs "${ap:+$ap }${adhoc:+$adhoc }${ahdemo:+$ahdemo }${sta:+$sta }${wds:+$wds }${monitor:+$monitor}"
+       config_set "$device" vifs "${ap:+$ap }${adhoc:+$adhoc }${ahdemo:+$ahdemo }${sta:+$sta }${wds:+$wds }${monitor:+$monitor }${mesh:+$mesh}"
 }
 
 
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ enable_mac80211() {
        config_get txpower "$device" txpower
 
        local first=1
+       local mesh_idx=0
        for vif in $vifs; do
                ifconfig "$ifname" down 2>/dev/null
                config_get ifname "$vif" ifname
@@ -75,6 +76,13 @@ enable_mac80211() {
                                sleep 1
                                iwconfig "$ifname" mode ad-hoc >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
                        fi
+                       # mesh interface should be created only for the first interface
+                       if [ "$mode" = mesh ]; then
+                               config_get mesh_id "$vif" mesh_id
+                               if [ -n "$mesh_id" ]; then
+                                       iw dev "$ifname" interface add msh$mesh_idx type mp mesh_id $mesh_id
+                               fi
+                       fi
                        sleep 1
                        iwconfig "$ifname" channel "$channel" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
                }
@@ -162,8 +170,14 @@ enable_mac80211() {
                                        }
                                fi
                        ;;
+                       mesh)
+                               # special case where physical interface should be down for mesh to work
+                               ifconfig "$ifname" down
+                               ifconfig "msh$mesh_idx" up
+                       ;;
                esac
                first=0
+               mesh_idx=$(expr $mesh_idx + 1)
        done
 }