Project Description

Write a userland tool, to utilize the netlink interface of the of the mac80211_hwsim kernel driver.

Goal for this Hackweek

• create and destroy phy's dynamically
• set cipher and key-mgmt capabilities
• learn Rust

Resources

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
• https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/mac80211hwsim/mac80211hwsim.html
• https://linuxembedded.fr/2021/01/emulating-wlan-in-linux-part-ii-mac80211hwsim