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authorJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2014-02-20 21:02:02 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2014-02-20 21:02:02 +0100
commit88daf80dcca19ff995cc263592426f734a9702f3 (patch)
tree7a52e25df74e52d00c3821032e719244e8a5526f /include/uapi
parentbonding: fix bond_arp_rcv() race of curr_active_slave (diff)
parentStaging: rtl8812ae: remove modules field of rate_control_ops (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h52
1 files changed, 47 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 91054fd660e0..a12e6cae5132 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -418,8 +418,18 @@
* %NL80211_ATTR_SSID attribute, and can optionally specify the association
* IEs in %NL80211_ATTR_IE, %NL80211_ATTR_AUTH_TYPE, %NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP,
* %NL80211_ATTR_MAC, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ, %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT,
- * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE and
- * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT.
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE,
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT, and
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT.
+ * If included, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ are
+ * restrictions on BSS selection, i.e., they effectively prevent roaming
+ * within the ESS. %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT
+ * can be included to provide a recommendation of the initial BSS while
+ * allowing the driver to roam to other BSSes within the ESS and also to
+ * ignore this recommendation if the indicated BSS is not ideal. Only one
+ * set of BSSID,frequency parameters is used (i.e., either the enforcing
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_MAC,%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ or the less strict
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT).
* Background scan period can optionally be
* specified in %NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD,
* if not specified default background scan configuration
@@ -1555,6 +1565,16 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* data is in the format defined for the payload of the QoS Map Set element
* in IEEE Std 802.11-2012, 8.4.2.97.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT: MAC address recommendation as initial BSS
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT: frequency of the recommended initial BSS
+ *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX_AP_ASSOC_STA: Device attribute that indicates how many
+ * associated stations are supported in AP mode (including P2P GO); u32.
+ * Since drivers may not have a fixed limit on the maximum number (e.g.,
+ * other concurrent operations may affect this), drivers are allowed to
+ * advertise values that cannot always be met. In such cases, an attempt
+ * to add a new station entry with @NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION may fail.
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -1883,6 +1903,11 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_QOS_MAP,
+ NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT,
+ NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT,
+
+ NL80211_ATTR_MAX_AP_ASSOC_STA,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -2412,7 +2437,10 @@ enum nl80211_reg_type {
* in KHz. This is not a center a frequency but an actual regulatory
* band edge.
* @NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_RANGE_MAX_BW: maximum allowed bandwidth for this
- * frequency range, in KHz.
+ * frequency range, in KHz. If not present or 0, maximum available
+ * bandwidth should be calculated base on contiguous rules and wider
+ * channels will be allowed to cross multiple contiguous/overlapping
+ * frequency ranges.
* @NL80211_ATTR_POWER_RULE_MAX_ANT_GAIN: the maximum allowed antenna gain
* for a given frequency range. The value is in mBi (100 * dBi).
* If you don't have one then don't send this.
@@ -2442,9 +2470,15 @@ enum nl80211_reg_rule_attr {
* enum nl80211_sched_scan_match_attr - scheduled scan match attributes
* @__NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_INVALID: attribute number 0 is reserved
* @NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_SSID: SSID to be used for matching,
- * only report BSS with matching SSID.
+ * only report BSS with matching SSID.
* @NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RSSI: RSSI threshold (in dBm) for reporting a
- * BSS in scan results. Filtering is turned off if not specified.
+ * BSS in scan results. Filtering is turned off if not specified. Note that
+ * if this attribute is in a match set of its own, then it is treated as
+ * the default value for all matchsets with an SSID, rather than being a
+ * matchset of its own without an RSSI filter. This is due to problems with
+ * how this API was implemented in the past. Also, due to the same problem,
+ * the only way to create a matchset with only an RSSI filter (with this
+ * attribute) is if there's only a single matchset with the RSSI attribute.
* @NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_MAX: highest scheduled scan filter
* attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -3131,6 +3165,7 @@ enum nl80211_key_attributes {
* in an array of MCS numbers.
* @NL80211_TXRATE_VHT: VHT rates allowed for TX rate selection,
* see &struct nl80211_txrate_vht
+ * @NL80211_TXRATE_GI: configure GI, see &enum nl80211_txrate_gi
* @__NL80211_TXRATE_AFTER_LAST: internal
* @NL80211_TXRATE_MAX: highest TX rate attribute
*/
@@ -3139,6 +3174,7 @@ enum nl80211_tx_rate_attributes {
NL80211_TXRATE_LEGACY,
NL80211_TXRATE_HT,
NL80211_TXRATE_VHT,
+ NL80211_TXRATE_GI,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_TXRATE_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -3156,6 +3192,12 @@ struct nl80211_txrate_vht {
__u16 mcs[NL80211_VHT_NSS_MAX];
};
+enum nl80211_txrate_gi {
+ NL80211_TXRATE_DEFAULT_GI,
+ NL80211_TXRATE_FORCE_SGI,
+ NL80211_TXRATE_FORCE_LGI,
+};
+
/**
* enum nl80211_band - Frequency band
* @NL80211_BAND_2GHZ: 2.4 GHz ISM band