Some versions of the user space Intel WiMAX daemon need to have full control over the device initialization sequence. By setting the module option i2400.passive_mode to 1, the driver defers all device configuration and initialization to user space.
Signed-off-by: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/control.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/control.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/control.c index 8fe70e7..b69fd88 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/control.c +++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/control.c @@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ #define D_SUBMODULE control #include "debug-levels.h" +int i2400m_passive_mode; /* 0 (passive mode disabled) by default */ +module_param_named(passive_mode, i2400m_passive_mode, int, 0644); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(passive_mode, + "If true, the driver will not do any device setup " + "and leave it up to user space, who must be properly " + "setup."); + /* * Return if a TLV is of a give type and size @@ -1335,6 +1342,8 @@ int i2400m_dev_initialize(struct i2400m *i2400m) unsigned argc = 0; d_fnstart(3, dev, "(i2400m %p)\n", i2400m); + if (i2400m_passive_mode) + goto out_passive; /* Disable idle mode? (enabled by default) */ if (i2400m_idle_mode_disabled) { if (i2400m_le_v1_3(i2400m)) { @@ -1377,6 +1386,7 @@ int i2400m_dev_initialize(struct i2400m *i2400m) result = i2400m_set_init_config(i2400m, args, argc); if (result < 0) goto error; +out_passive: /* * Update state: Here it just calls a get state; parsing the * result (System State TLV and RF Status TLV [done in the rx -- 1.6.2.5 _______________________________________________ wimax mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxwimax.org/listinfo/wimax
