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authorLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2009-04-05 08:14:15 +0200
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2009-04-05 08:14:15 +0200
commit478c6a43fcbc6c11609f8cee7c7b57223907754f (patch)
treea7f7952099da60d33032aed6de9c0c56c9f8779e /include/net/wireless.h
parentMerge branch 'misc' into release (diff)
parentMerge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kern... (diff)
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Merge branch 'linus' into release
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/longhaul.c Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/wireless.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/wireless.h86
1 files changed, 80 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/wireless.h b/include/net/wireless.h
index 21c5d966142d..64a76208580c 100644
--- a/include/net/wireless.h
+++ b/include/net/wireless.h
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ enum ieee80211_channel_flags {
* @band: band this channel belongs to.
* @max_antenna_gain: maximum antenna gain in dBi
* @max_power: maximum transmission power (in dBm)
+ * @beacon_found: helper to regulatory code to indicate when a beacon
+ * has been found on this channel. Use regulatory_hint_found_beacon()
+ * to enable this, this is is useful only on 5 GHz band.
* @orig_mag: internal use
* @orig_mpwr: internal use
*/
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ struct ieee80211_channel {
u32 flags;
int max_antenna_gain;
int max_power;
+ bool beacon_found;
u32 orig_flags;
int orig_mag, orig_mpwr;
};
@@ -181,12 +185,26 @@ struct ieee80211_supported_band {
* struct wiphy - wireless hardware description
* @idx: the wiphy index assigned to this item
* @class_dev: the class device representing /sys/class/ieee80211/<wiphy-name>
- * @fw_handles_regulatory: tells us the firmware for this device
- * has its own regulatory solution and cannot identify the
+ * @custom_regulatory: tells us the driver for this device
+ * has its own custom regulatory domain and cannot identify the
* ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 it belongs to. When this is enabled
* we will disregard the first regulatory hint (when the
* initiator is %REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE).
+ * @strict_regulatory: tells us the driver for this device will ignore
+ * regulatory domain settings until it gets its own regulatory domain
+ * via its regulatory_hint(). After its gets its own regulatory domain
+ * it will only allow further regulatory domain settings to further
+ * enhance compliance. For example if channel 13 and 14 are disabled
+ * by this regulatory domain no user regulatory domain can enable these
+ * channels at a later time. This can be used for devices which do not
+ * have calibration information gauranteed for frequencies or settings
+ * outside of its regulatory domain.
* @reg_notifier: the driver's regulatory notification callback
+ * @regd: the driver's regulatory domain, if one was requested via
+ * the regulatory_hint() API. This can be used by the driver
+ * on the reg_notifier() if it chooses to ignore future
+ * regulatory domain changes caused by other drivers.
+ * @signal_type: signal type reported in &struct cfg80211_bss.
*/
struct wiphy {
/* assign these fields before you register the wiphy */
@@ -197,7 +215,13 @@ struct wiphy {
/* Supported interface modes, OR together BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_...) */
u16 interface_modes;
- bool fw_handles_regulatory;
+ bool custom_regulatory;
+ bool strict_regulatory;
+
+ enum cfg80211_signal_type signal_type;
+
+ int bss_priv_size;
+ u8 max_scan_ssids;
/* If multiple wiphys are registered and you're handed e.g.
* a regular netdev with assigned ieee80211_ptr, you won't
@@ -209,10 +233,13 @@ struct wiphy {
struct ieee80211_supported_band *bands[IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS];
/* Lets us get back the wiphy on the callback */
- int (*reg_notifier)(struct wiphy *wiphy, enum reg_set_by setby);
+ int (*reg_notifier)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ struct regulatory_request *request);
/* fields below are read-only, assigned by cfg80211 */
+ const struct ieee80211_regdomain *regd;
+
/* the item in /sys/class/ieee80211/ points to this,
* you need use set_wiphy_dev() (see below) */
struct device dev;
@@ -361,7 +388,7 @@ ieee80211_get_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy, int freq)
*/
struct ieee80211_rate *
ieee80211_get_response_rate(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
- u64 basic_rates, int bitrate);
+ u32 basic_rates, int bitrate);
/**
* regulatory_hint - driver hint to the wireless core a regulatory domain
@@ -378,8 +405,15 @@ ieee80211_get_response_rate(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
* domain should be in or by providing a completely build regulatory domain.
* If the driver provides an ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 userspace will be queried
* for a regulatory domain structure for the respective country.
+ *
+ * The wiphy must have been registered to cfg80211 prior to this call.
+ * For cfg80211 drivers this means you must first use wiphy_register(),
+ * for mac80211 drivers you must first use ieee80211_register_hw().
+ *
+ * Drivers should check the return value, its possible you can get
+ * an -ENOMEM.
*/
-extern void regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *alpha2);
+extern int regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *alpha2);
/**
* regulatory_hint_11d - hints a country IE as a regulatory domain
@@ -395,4 +429,44 @@ extern void regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *alpha2);
extern void regulatory_hint_11d(struct wiphy *wiphy,
u8 *country_ie,
u8 country_ie_len);
+/**
+ * wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory - apply a custom driver regulatory domain
+ * @wiphy: the wireless device we want to process the regulatory domain on
+ * @regd: the custom regulatory domain to use for this wiphy
+ *
+ * Drivers can sometimes have custom regulatory domains which do not apply
+ * to a specific country. Drivers can use this to apply such custom regulatory
+ * domains. This routine must be called prior to wiphy registration. The
+ * custom regulatory domain will be trusted completely and as such previous
+ * default channel settings will be disregarded. If no rule is found for a
+ * channel on the regulatory domain the channel will be disabled.
+ */
+extern void wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory(
+ struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ const struct ieee80211_regdomain *regd);
+
+/**
+ * freq_reg_info - get regulatory information for the given frequency
+ * @wiphy: the wiphy for which we want to process this rule for
+ * @center_freq: Frequency in KHz for which we want regulatory information for
+ * @bandwidth: the bandwidth requirement you have in KHz, if you do not have one
+ * you can set this to 0. If this frequency is allowed we then set
+ * this value to the maximum allowed bandwidth.
+ * @reg_rule: the regulatory rule which we have for this frequency
+ *
+ * Use this function to get the regulatory rule for a specific frequency on
+ * a given wireless device. If the device has a specific regulatory domain
+ * it wants to follow we respect that unless a country IE has been received
+ * and processed already.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if it was able to find a valid regulatory rule which does
+ * apply to the given center_freq otherwise it returns non-zero. It will
+ * also return -ERANGE if we determine the given center_freq does not even have
+ * a regulatory rule for a frequency range in the center_freq's band. See
+ * freq_in_rule_band() for our current definition of a band -- this is purely
+ * subjective and right now its 802.11 specific.
+ */
+extern int freq_reg_info(struct wiphy *wiphy, u32 center_freq, u32 *bandwidth,
+ const struct ieee80211_reg_rule **reg_rule);
+
#endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_H */