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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2007-12-19 02:03:32 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-01-28 14:59:50 -0800
commited1b6cc7f80f831e192704b05b9917f9cc37be15 (patch)
tree24a95282d3cb88c42b08a6ef1d6e9f02cce90c6e /include
parent62da92fb75c346b503bca765fd1337e08771c9fe (diff)
cfg80211/nl80211: add beacon settings
This adds the necessary API to cfg80211/nl80211 to allow changing beaconing settings. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nl80211.h24
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h33
2 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 8dc807d9c29..f1e455a8b4d 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@
* @NL80211_CMD_DEL_KEY: delete a key identified by %NL80211_ATTR_KEY_IDX
* or %NL80211_ATTR_MAC.
*
+ * @NL80211_CMD_GET_BEACON: retrieve beacon information (returned in a
+ * %NL80222_CMD_NEW_BEACON message)
+ * @NL80211_CMD_SET_BEACON: set the beacon on an access point interface
+ * using the %NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_INTERVAL, %NL80211_ATTR_DTIM_PERIOD,
+ * %NL80211_BEACON_HEAD and %NL80211_BEACON_TAIL attributes.
+ * @NL80211_CMD_NEW_BEACON: add a new beacon to an access point interface,
+ * parameters are like for %NL80211_CMD_SET_BEACON.
+ * @NL80211_CMD_DEL_BEACON: remove the beacon, stop sending it
+ *
* @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
* @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -69,6 +78,11 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
NL80211_CMD_NEW_KEY,
NL80211_CMD_DEL_KEY,
+ NL80211_CMD_GET_BEACON,
+ NL80211_CMD_SET_BEACON,
+ NL80211_CMD_NEW_BEACON,
+ NL80211_CMD_DEL_BEACON,
+
/* add commands here */
/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */
@@ -101,6 +115,11 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* @NL80211_ATTR_KEY_SEQ: transmit key sequence number (IV/PN) for TKIP and
* CCMP keys, each six bytes in little endian
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_INTERVAL: beacon interval in TU
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_DTIM_PERIOD: DTIM period for beaconing
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_HEAD: portion of the beacon before the TIM IE
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TAIL: portion of the beacon after the TIM IE
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -123,6 +142,11 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_KEY_SEQ,
NL80211_ATTR_KEY_DEFAULT,
+ NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_INTERVAL,
+ NL80211_ATTR_DTIM_PERIOD,
+ NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_HEAD,
+ NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TAIL,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 3db7dfa53b6..fc94852e967 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -69,6 +69,26 @@ struct key_params {
u32 cipher;
};
+/**
+ * struct beacon_parameters - beacon parameters
+ *
+ * Used to configure the beacon for an interface.
+ *
+ * @head: head portion of beacon (before TIM IE)
+ * or %NULL if not changed
+ * @tail: tail portion of beacon (after TIM IE)
+ * or %NULL if not changed
+ * @interval: beacon interval or zero if not changed
+ * @dtim_period: DTIM period or zero if not changed
+ * @head_len: length of @head
+ * @tail_len: length of @tail
+ */
+struct beacon_parameters {
+ u8 *head, *tail;
+ int interval, dtim_period;
+ int head_len, tail_len;
+};
+
/* from net/wireless.h */
struct wiphy;
@@ -103,6 +123,13 @@ struct wiphy;
* and @key_index
*
* @set_default_key: set the default key on an interface
+ *
+ * @add_beacon: Add a beacon with given parameters, @head, @interval
+ * and @dtim_period will be valid, @tail is optional.
+ * @set_beacon: Change the beacon parameters for an access point mode
+ * interface. This should reject the call when no beacon has been
+ * configured.
+ * @del_beacon: Remove beacon configuration and stop sending the beacon.
*/
struct cfg80211_ops {
int (*add_virtual_intf)(struct wiphy *wiphy, char *name,
@@ -122,6 +149,12 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
int (*set_default_key)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct net_device *netdev,
u8 key_index);
+
+ int (*add_beacon)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
+ struct beacon_parameters *info);
+ int (*set_beacon)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
+ struct beacon_parameters *info);
+ int (*del_beacon)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev);
};
#endif /* __NET_CFG80211_H */