net: msm_rmnet: Add an IOCTL definition to deregister a net device

Platform drivers may be registered on driver startup for multiple
channels which may cause probe and remove events to be called
corresponding to driver events. It is possible that not all
channels need to be enumerated for normal device operation. The
unused channels also add unnecessary delay during sub system
restart.
Add an extended IOCTL which provides user space an option to
unregister a platform driver.

CRs-Fixed: 738039
Change-Id: Ifa6284563551ecdd297ae457ea2b35027f60844e
Acked-by: Nagarjuna Chaganti <nchagant@qti.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ravinder Konka <rkonka@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@codeaurora.org>
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Ravinder Konka
2016-01-05 17:20:05 +05:30
parent 7efca23b90
commit e595866cdd
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@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ enum rmnet_ioctl_extended_cmds_e {
RMNET_IOCTL_GET_SUPPORTED_QOS_MODES = 0x0013, /* Get QoS modes */
RMNET_IOCTL_SET_SLEEP_STATE = 0x0014, /* Set sleep state */
RMNET_IOCTL_SET_XLAT_DEV_INFO = 0x0015, /* xlat dev name */
RMNET_IOCTL_EXTENDED_MAX = 0x0016
RMNET_IOCTL_DEREGISTER_DEV = 0x0016, /* Dereg a net dev */
RMNET_IOCTL_EXTENDED_MAX = 0x0017
};
/* Return values for the RMNET_IOCTL_GET_SUPPORTED_FEATURES IOCTL */