# # HWSIM generic netlink controller code # Copyright (c) 2014 Intel Corporation # # Author: Johannes Berg # # This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license. # See README for more details. import netlink # constants HWSIM_CMD_CREATE_RADIO = 4 HWSIM_CMD_DESTROY_RADIO = 5 HWSIM_ATTR_CHANNELS = 9 HWSIM_ATTR_RADIO_ID = 10 HWSIM_ATTR_USE_CHANCTX = 15 # the controller class class HWSimController(object): def __init__(self): self._conn = netlink.Connection(netlink.NETLINK_GENERIC) self._fid = netlink.genl_controller.get_family_id('MAC80211_HWSIM') def create_radio(self, n_channels=None, use_chanctx=False): attrs = [] if n_channels: attrs.append(netlink.U32Attr(HWSIM_ATTR_CHANNELS, n_channels)) if use_chanctx: attrs.append(netlink.FlagAttr(HWSIM_ATTR_USE_CHANCTX)) msg = netlink.GenlMessage(self._fid, HWSIM_CMD_CREATE_RADIO, flags = netlink.NLM_F_REQUEST | netlink.NLM_F_ACK, attrs = attrs) return msg.send_and_recv(self._conn).ret def destroy_radio(self, radio_id): attrs = [netlink.U32Attr(HWSIM_ATTR_RADIO_ID, radio_id)] msg = netlink.GenlMessage(self._fid, HWSIM_CMD_DESTROY_RADIO, flags = netlink.NLM_F_REQUEST | netlink.NLM_F_ACK, attrs = attrs) msg.send_and_recv(self._conn) def create(args): print 'Created radio %d' % c.create_radio(n_channels=args.channels, use_chanctx=args.chanctx) def destroy(args): print c.destroy_radio(args.radio) if __name__ == '__main__': import argparse c = HWSimController() parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='send hwsim control commands') subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(help="Commands", dest='command') parser_create = subparsers.add_parser('create', help='create a radio') parser_create.add_argument('--channels', metavar='', type=int, default=0, help='Number of concurrent channels supported ' + 'by the radio. If not specified, the number ' + 'of channels specified in the ' + 'mac80211_hwsim.channels module parameter is ' + 'used') parser_create.add_argument('--chanctx', action="store_true", help='Use channel contexts, regardless of ' + 'whether the number of channels is 1 or ' + 'greater. By default channel contexts are ' + 'only used if the number of channels is ' + 'greater than 1.') parser_create.set_defaults(func=create) parser_destroy = subparsers.add_parser('destroy', help='destroy a radio') parser_destroy.add_argument('radio', metavar='', type=int, default=0, help='The number of the radio to be ' + 'destroyed (i.e., 0 for phy0, 1 for phy1...)') parser_destroy.set_defaults(func=destroy) args = parser.parse_args() args.func(args)