android_wifi读书笔记之6-wpa_supplicant 与kernel交互

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6 wpa_supplicant 与kernel交互

源码位置：external/wpa_supplicant_8/

wpa_supplicant与kernel交互的操作，一般需要先明确驱动接口，以及用户态和kernel态的接口方法，以此来进行调用操作。这里分为4个步骤。

1.首先需要明确指定的驱动接口。因为有较多的驱动接口可以使用，如wext、nl80211等。指定了之后，才能调用相应接口的方法。

2.保存驱动接口

3.接口方法的实现(分为用户态和kernel态)。系统已经定义了，我们只需找到定义的地方，了解有哪些方法。

4.交互

(a)用户态向kernel态发送请求(通过ioctl)

(b)kernel态向用户态发送事件通知(通过netlink)

 

前3步都已经在5.2中描述过。

ps：driver_cmd用于处理DRIVER的命令，调用流程如下：

wpa_supplicant_ctrl_iface_process-> (根据命令字符串调用对应的方法)

wpa_supplicant_driver_cmd->

wpa_drv_driver_cmd->

wpa_s->driver->driver_cmd->

wpa_driver_nl80211_driver_cmd -> (User)

……

6.1 kernel态实现

Kernel态实现的操作方法，实现代码见drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd/wl_w.c

static const iw_handlerwl_iw_handler[] =

{

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_config_commit,      

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_name,               

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_freq,         

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_freq,                  

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_mode,               

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_mode,               

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_range,               

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_priv,          

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_spy,           

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_spy,          

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_wap,                  

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_wap,                  

#if WIRELESS_EXT > 17

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_mlme,              

#else

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

#endif

#if defined(WL_IW_USE_ISCAN)

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_iscan_get_aplist,   

#else

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_aplist,               

#endif

#if WIRELESS_EXT > 13

#if defined(WL_IW_USE_ISCAN)

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_iscan_set_scan,     

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_iscan_get_scan,     

#else

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_scan,                 

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_scan,                 

#endif

#else        

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

#endif      

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_essid,                

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_essid,                

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_nick,         

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_nick,         

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)NULL,                   

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_rate,                  

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_rate,                  

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_rts,           

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_rts,           

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_frag,         

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_frag,                  

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_txpow,               

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_txpow,              

#if WIRELESS_EXT > 10

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_set_retry,                 

         (iw_handler)wl_iw_get_retry,                 

#endif

         (iw_handler)