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+/*
+ * Linux WiMAX
+ * Internal API for kernel space WiMAX stack
+ *
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Intel Corporation <linux-wimax@intel.com>
+ * Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky.perez-gonzalez@intel.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ *
+ * This header file is for declarations and definitions internal to
+ * the WiMAX stack. For public APIs and documentation, see
+ * include/net/wimax.h and include/linux/wimax.h.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __WIMAX_INTERNAL_H__
+#define __WIMAX_INTERNAL_H__
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <net/wimax.h>
+
+
+/*
+ * Decide if a (locked) device is ready for use
+ *
+ * Before using the device structure, it must be locked
+ * (wimax_dev->mutex). As well, most operations need to call this
+ * function to check if the state is the right one.
+ *
+ * An error value will be returned if the state is not the right
+ * one. In that case, the caller should not attempt to use the device
+ * and just unlock it.
+ */
+static inline __must_check
+int wimax_dev_is_ready(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev)
+{
+	if (wimax_dev->state == __WIMAX_ST_NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;	/* Device is not even registered! */
+	if (wimax_dev->state == WIMAX_ST_DOWN)
+		return -ENOMEDIUM;
+	if (wimax_dev->state == __WIMAX_ST_QUIESCING)
+		return -ESHUTDOWN;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+static inline
+void __wimax_state_set(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev, enum wimax_st state)
+{
+	wimax_dev->state = state;
+}
+extern void __wimax_state_change(struct wimax_dev *, enum wimax_st);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+extern int wimax_debugfs_add(struct wimax_dev *);
+extern void wimax_debugfs_rm(struct wimax_dev *);
+#else
+static inline int wimax_debugfs_add(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline void wimax_debugfs_rm(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev) {}
+#endif
+
+extern void wimax_id_table_add(struct wimax_dev *);
+extern struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev_get_by_genl_info(struct genl_info *, int);
+extern void wimax_id_table_rm(struct wimax_dev *);
+extern void wimax_id_table_release(void);
+
+extern int wimax_rfkill_add(struct wimax_dev *);
+extern void wimax_rfkill_rm(struct wimax_dev *);
+
+extern struct genl_family wimax_gnl_family;
+extern struct genl_multicast_group wimax_gnl_mcg;
+
+#endif /* #ifdef __KERNEL__ */
+#endif /* #ifndef __WIMAX_INTERNAL_H__ */