@@ -1576,6 +1576,10 @@ struct ieee80211_tx_control {
* a virtual monitor interface when monitor interfaces are the only
* active interfaces.
*
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_NO_AUTO_VDEV: The driver would like for no wlanX to
+ * be created. It is expected user-space will create vdevs as
+ * desired (and thus have them named as desired).
+ *
* @IEEE80211_HW_QUEUE_CONTROL: The driver wants to control per-interface
* queue mapping in order to use different queues (not just one per AC)
* for different virtual interfaces. See the doc section on HW queue
@@ -1622,7 +1626,8 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_PS = 1<<12,
IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE = 1<<13,
IEEE80211_HW_WANT_MONITOR_VIF = 1<<14,
- /* free slots */
+ IEEE80211_HW_NO_AUTO_VDEV = 1<<15,
+ /* free slot */
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD = 1<<17,
IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS = 1<<18,
IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR = 1<<19,
@@ -1019,7 +1019,8 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
}
/* add one default STA interface if supported */
- if (local->hw.wiphy->interface_modes & BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)) {
+ if (local->hw.wiphy->interface_modes & BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) &&
+ !(hw->flags & IEEE80211_HW_NO_AUTO_VDEV)) {
result = ieee80211_if_add(local, "wlan%d", NULL,
NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION, NULL);
if (result)