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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/nl80211.h | 34 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index 209cacee528..05ba3539b77 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ * Copyright 2008 Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net> * Copyright 2008 Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com> * Copyright 2008 Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> - * Copyright 2008 Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> + * Copyright 2008, 2009 Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> * Copyright 2008 Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> * Copyright 2008 Colin McCabe <colin@cozybit.com> * @@ -166,6 +166,22 @@ * set (%NL80211_ATTR_REG_TYPE), if the type of regulatory domain is * %NL80211_REG_TYPE_COUNTRY the alpha2 to which we have moved on * to (%NL80211_ATTR_REG_ALPHA2). + * @NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT: indicates to userspace that an AP beacon + * has been found while world roaming thus enabling active scan or + * any mode of operation that initiates TX (beacons) on a channel + * where we would not have been able to do either before. As an example + * if you are world roaming (regulatory domain set to world or if your + * driver is using a custom world roaming regulatory domain) and while + * doing a passive scan on the 5 GHz band you find an AP there (if not + * on a DFS channel) you will now be able to actively scan for that AP + * or use AP mode on your card on that same channel. Note that this will + * never be used for channels 1-11 on the 2 GHz band as they are always + * enabled world wide. This beacon hint is only sent if your device had + * either disabled active scanning or beaconing on a channel. We send to + * userspace the wiphy on which we removed a restriction from + * (%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY) and the channel on which this occurred + * before (%NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_BEFORE) and after (%NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_AFTER) + * the beacon hint was processed. * * @NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE: authentication request and notification. * This command is used both as a command (request to authenticate) and @@ -270,6 +286,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands { NL80211_CMD_MICHAEL_MIC_FAILURE, + NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT, + /* add new commands above here */ /* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */ @@ -288,6 +306,7 @@ enum nl80211_commands { #define NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE #define NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE #define NL80211_CMD_DISASSOCIATE NL80211_CMD_DISASSOCIATE +#define NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT NL80211_CMD_REG_BEACON_HINT /** * enum nl80211_attrs - nl80211 netlink attributes @@ -423,6 +442,17 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * @NL80211_ATTR_KEY_TYPE: Key Type, see &enum nl80211_key_type, represented as * a u32 * + * @NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_BEFORE: A channel which has suffered a regulatory change + * due to considerations from a beacon hint. This attribute reflects + * the state of the channel _before_ the beacon hint processing. This + * attributes consists of a nested attribute containing + * NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_* + * @NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_AFTER: A channel which has suffered a regulatory change + * due to considerations from a beacon hint. This attribute reflects + * the state of the channel _after_ the beacon hint processing. This + * attributes consists of a nested attribute containing + * NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_* + * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -511,6 +541,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_MAX_SCAN_IE_LEN, + NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_BEFORE, + NL80211_ATTR_FREQ_AFTER, /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, |