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| author | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2010-11-25 12:02:29 +0300 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-11-29 23:24:35 +0300 |
| commit | f7ca38dfe58c20cb1aa2ed9643187e8b194b5bae (patch) | |
| tree | 42db54588fd5fa769a16def75708117903577b40 /include/linux/nl80211.h | |
| parent | 9a67d761b39614c0495dcab9a204e21a9f4c4d31 (diff) | |
| download | linux-f7ca38dfe58c20cb1aa2ed9643187e8b194b5bae.tar.xz | |
nl80211/cfg80211: extend mgmt-tx API for off-channel
With p2p, it is sometimes necessary to transmit
a frame (typically an action frame) on another
channel than the current channel. Enable this
through the CMD_FRAME API, and allow it to wait
for a response. A new command allows that wait
to be aborted.
However, allow userspace to specify whether or
not it wants to allow off-channel TX, it may
actually want to use the same channel only.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/nl80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/nl80211.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index d706bf3badc8..5cfa579df476 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -358,11 +358,16 @@ * user space application). %NL80211_ATTR_FRAME is used to specify the * frame contents (including header). %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ (and * optionally %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE) is used to indicate on - * which channel the frame is to be transmitted or was received. This - * channel has to be the current channel (remain-on-channel or the - * operational channel). When called, this operation returns a cookie - * (%NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE) that will be included with the TX status event - * pertaining to the TX request. + * which channel the frame is to be transmitted or was received. If this + * channel is not the current channel (remain-on-channel or the + * operational channel) the device will switch to the given channel and + * transmit the frame, optionally waiting for a response for the time + * specified using %NL80211_ATTR_DURATION. When called, this operation + * returns a cookie (%NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE) that will be included with the + * TX status event pertaining to the TX request. + * @NL80211_CMD_FRAME_WAIT_CANCEL: When an off-channel TX was requested, this + * command may be used with the corresponding cookie to cancel the wait + * time if it is known that it is no longer necessary. * @NL80211_CMD_ACTION: Alias for @NL80211_CMD_FRAME for backward compatibility. * @NL80211_CMD_FRAME_TX_STATUS: Report TX status of a management frame * transmitted with %NL80211_CMD_FRAME. %NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE identifies @@ -493,6 +498,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands { NL80211_CMD_SET_CHANNEL, NL80211_CMD_SET_WDS_PEER, + NL80211_CMD_FRAME_WAIT_CANCEL, + /* add new commands above here */ /* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */ @@ -828,6 +835,12 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * * @NL80211_ATTR_MCAST_RATE: Multicast tx rate (in 100 kbps) for IBSS * + * @NL80211_ATTR_OFFCHANNEL_TX_OK: For management frame TX, the frame may be + * transmitted on another channel when the channel given doesn't match + * the current channel. If the current channel doesn't match and this + * flag isn't set, the frame will be rejected. This is also used as an + * nl80211 capability flag. + * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -1002,6 +1015,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_MCAST_RATE, + NL80211_ATTR_OFFCHANNEL_TX_OK, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, |