[PATCH] Add libertas_disablemesh module parameter to disable mesh interface
Sascha Silbe
silbe at activitycentral.com
Wed May 11 08:52:34 EDT 2011
This allows individual users and deployments to disable mesh support at
runtime, i.e. without having to build and maintain a custom kernel.
Based on a patch by Paul Fox <pgf at laptop.org>.
Signed-off-by: Sascha Silbe <silbe at activitycentral.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
The patch is based on the OLPC 2.6.35 kernel tree, but applies cleanly to
wireless-next.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
index 8445473..62069e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ unsigned int lbs_debug;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lbs_debug);
module_param_named(libertas_debug, lbs_debug, int, 0644);
+unsigned int lbs_disablemesh;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lbs_disablemesh);
+module_param_named(libertas_disablemesh, lbs_disablemesh, int, 0644);
+
/* This global structure is used to send the confirm_sleep command as
* fast as possible down to the firmware. */
@@ -1086,7 +1090,10 @@ int lbs_start_card(struct lbs_private *priv)
lbs_update_channel(priv);
- lbs_init_mesh(priv);
+ if (!lbs_disablemesh)
+ lbs_init_mesh(priv);
+ else
+ lbs_pr_info("%s: mesh disabled\n", dev->name);
/*
* While rtap isn't related to mesh, only mesh-enabled
--
1.7.4.1
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