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+/*
+ * Wireless configuration interface internals.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2006, 2007 Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
+ */
+#ifndef __NET_WIRELESS_CORE_H
+#define __NET_WIRELESS_CORE_H
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+#include <net/wireless.h>
+#include <net/cfg80211.h>
+
+struct cfg80211_registered_device {
+	struct cfg80211_ops *ops;
+	struct list_head list;
+	/* we hold this mutex during any call so that
+	 * we cannot do multiple calls at once, and also
+	 * to avoid the deregister call to proceed while
+	 * any call is in progress */
+	struct mutex mtx;
+
+	/* wiphy index, internal only */
+	int idx;
+
+	/* associate netdev list */
+	struct mutex devlist_mtx;
+	struct list_head netdev_list;
+
+	/* must be last because of the way we do wiphy_priv(),
+	 * and it should at least be aligned to NETDEV_ALIGN */
+	struct wiphy wiphy __attribute__((__aligned__(NETDEV_ALIGN)));
+};
+
+static inline
+struct cfg80211_registered_device *wiphy_to_dev(struct wiphy *wiphy)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!wiphy);
+	return container_of(wiphy, struct cfg80211_registered_device, wiphy);
+}
+
+extern struct mutex cfg80211_drv_mutex;
+extern struct list_head cfg80211_drv_list;
+
+/* free object */
+extern void cfg80211_dev_free(struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv);
+
+#endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_CORE_H */