mac80211: allow mac80211 drivers to get to struct ieee80211_hw from wiphy

[pandora-kernel.git] / include / net / mac80211.h

diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 35643c5..c1e8261 100644 (file)
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -989,6 +989,19 @@ struct ieee80211_hw {
        u8 max_rate_tries;
 };
 
+/**
+ * wiphy_to_ieee80211_hw - return a mac80211 driver hw struct from a wiphy
+ *
+ * @wiphy: the &struct wiphy which we want to query
+ *
+ * mac80211 drivers can use this to get to their respective
+ * &struct ieee80211_hw. Drivers wishing to get to their own private
+ * structure can then access it via hw->priv. Note that mac802111 drivers should
+ * not use wiphy_priv() to try to get their private driver structure as this
+ * is already used internally by mac80211.
+ */
+struct ieee80211_hw *wiphy_to_ieee80211_hw(struct wiphy *wiphy);
+
 /**
  * SET_IEEE80211_DEV - set device for 802.11 hardware
  *