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| author | Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com> | 2023-03-01 11:09:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2023-03-07 10:28:41 +0100 |
| commit | d509c55cda22096a1836e35b03f66e1ef411c0c2 (patch) | |
| tree | c8b760efaa3a13bc39610522d35a4d011cd8a0f2 | |
| parent | wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Remove some unused variables (diff) | |
| download | linux-d509c55cda22096a1836e35b03f66e1ef411c0c2.tar.xz linux-d509c55cda22096a1836e35b03f66e1ef411c0c2.zip | |
wifi: nl80211: Update the documentation of NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_COLOCATED_6GHZ
Add a detailed description of NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_COLOCATED_6GHZ
flag.
Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Gregory Greenman <gregory.greenman@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230301115906.487ab04feb39.I5129fd61841332474693046241586f057b134c3c@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to '')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index f14621a954e1..c22eeb18b996 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -6510,8 +6510,14 @@ enum nl80211_timeout_reason { * @NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_FREQ_KHZ: report scan results with * %NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FREQ_KHZ. This also means * %NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FREQUENCIES will not be included. - * @NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_COLOCATED_6GHZ: scan for colocated APs reported by - * 2.4/5 GHz APs + * @NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_COLOCATED_6GHZ: scan for collocated APs reported by + * 2.4/5 GHz APs. When the flag is set, the scan logic will use the + * information from the RNR element found in beacons/probe responses + * received on the 2.4/5 GHz channels to actively scan only the 6GHz + * channels on which APs are expected to be found. Note that when not set, + * the scan logic would scan all 6GHz channels, but since transmission of + * probe requests on non PSC channels is limited, it is highly likely that + * these channels would passively be scanned. */ enum nl80211_scan_flags { NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_LOW_PRIORITY = 1<<0, |