kernel/linux.git/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h, branch v6.1.168

cfg80211: support RNR for EMA AP

2026-01-11T14:18:59+00:00

[ Upstream commit dbbb27e183b1568d5a907ace1cd144b0709ea52a ] As per IEEE Std 802.11ax-2021, 11.1.3.8.3 Discovery of a nontransmitted BSSID profile, an EMA AP that transmits a Beacon frame carrying a partial list of nontransmitted BSSID profiles should include in the frame a Reduced Neighbor Report element carrying information for at least the nontransmitted BSSIDs that are not present in the Multiple BSSID element carried in that frame. Add new nested attribute NL80211_ATTR_EMA_RNR_ELEMS to support the above. Number of RNR elements must be more than or equal to the number of MBSSID elements. This attribute can be used only when EMA is enabled. Userspace is responsible for splitting the RNR into multiple elements such that each element excludes the non-transmitting profiles already included in the MBSSID element (%NL80211_ATTR_MBSSID_ELEMS) at the same index. Each EMA beacon will be generated by adding MBSSID and RNR elements at the same index. If the userspace provides more RNR elements than the number of MBSSID elements then these will be added in every EMA beacon. Signed-off-by: Aloka Dixit Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230323113801.6903-2-quic_alokad@quicinc.com [Johannes: validate elements] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Stable-dep-of: a519be2f5d95 ("wifi: mac80211: do not use old MBSSID elements") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: nl80211: add a command to enable/disable HW timestamping

2026-01-11T14:18:59+00:00

[ Upstream commit cbbaf2bb829b6c4ef911d4a725fc9b1fadc1e43f ] Add a command to enable and disable HW timestamping of TM and FTM frames. HW timestamping can be enabled for a specific mac address or for all addresses. The low level driver will indicate how many peers HW timestamping can be enabled concurrently, and this information will be passed to userspace. Signed-off-by: Avraham Stern Signed-off-by: Gregory Greenman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230301115906.05678d7b1c17.Iccc08869ea8156f1c71a3111a47f86dd56234bd0@changeid [switch to needing netdev UP, minor edits] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Stable-dep-of: a519be2f5d95 ("wifi: mac80211: do not use old MBSSID elements") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: nl80211: validate and configure puncturing bitmap

2026-01-11T14:18:58+00:00

[ Upstream commit d7c1a9a0ed180d8884798ce97afe7283622a484f ] - New feature flag, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_PUNCT, to advertise driver support for preamble puncturing in AP mode. - New attribute, NL80211_ATTR_PUNCT_BITMAP, to receive a puncturing bitmap from the userspace during AP bring up (NL80211_CMD_START_AP) and channel switch (NL80211_CMD_CHANNEL_SWITCH) operations. Each bit corresponds to a 20 MHz channel in the operating bandwidth, lowest bit for the lowest channel. Bit set to 1 indicates that the channel is punctured. Higher 16 bits are reserved. - New members added to structures cfg80211_ap_settings and cfg80211_csa_settings to propagate the bitmap to the driver after validation. Signed-off-by: Aloka Dixit Signed-off-by: Muna Sinada Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230131001227.25014-3-quic_alokad@quicinc.com [move validation against 0xffff into policy] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Stable-dep-of: a519be2f5d95 ("wifi: mac80211: do not use old MBSSID elements") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

cfg80211: Update Transition Disable policy during port authorization

2026-01-11T14:18:58+00:00

[ Upstream commit 0ff57171d6d225558c81a69439d5323e35b40549 ] In case of 4way handshake offload, transition disable policy updated by the AP during EAPOL 3/4 is not updated to the upper layer. This results in mismatch between transition disable policy between the upper layer and the driver. This patch addresses this issue by updating transition disable policy as part of port authorization indication. Signed-off-by: Vinayak Yadawad Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Stable-dep-of: a519be2f5d95 ("wifi: mac80211: do not use old MBSSID elements") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: nl80211: add MLD address to assoc BSS entries

2022-09-03T15:04:29+00:00

Add an MLD address attribute to BSS entries that the interface is currently associated with to help userspace figure out what's going on. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: nl80211: Add POWERED_ADDR_CHANGE feature

2022-09-03T14:58:41+00:00

Add a new extended feature bit signifying that the wireless hardware supports changing the MAC address while the underlying net_device is powered. Note that this has a different meaning from IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE as additional restrictions might be imposed by the hardware, such as: - No connection is active on this interface, carrier is off - No scan is in progress - No offchannel operations are in progress Signed-off-by: James Prestwood Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: cfg80211: Add link_id parameter to various key operations for MLO

2022-08-25T08:41:05+00:00

Add support for various key operations on MLD by adding new parameter link_id. Pass the link_id received from userspace to driver for add_key, get_key, del_key, set_default_key, set_default_mgmt_key and set_default_beacon_key to support configuring keys specific to each MLO link. Userspace must not specify link ID for MLO pairwise key since it is common for all the MLO links. Signed-off-by: Veerendranath Jakkam Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220730052643.1959111-4-quic_vjakkam@quicinc.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: nl80211: add MLO link ID to the NL80211_CMD_FRAME TX API

2022-07-22T12:28:33+00:00

Allow optionally specifying the link ID to transmit on, which can be done instead of the link frequency, on an MLD addressed frame. Both can also be omitted in which case the frame must be MLD addressed and link selection (and address translation) will be done on lower layers. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: nl80211: add RX and TX timestamp attributes

2022-07-22T12:28:23+00:00

Add attributes for reporting hardware timestamps for management frames RX and TX. These attributes will be used for reporting hardware timestamps for Timing measurement and Fine Timing Measurement action frames, which will allow userspace applications to measure the path delay between devices and sync clocks. For TX, these attributes are used for reporting the frame RX time and the ack TX time. For TX, they are used for reporting the frame TX time and the ack RX time. Signed-off-by: Avraham Stern Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: nl80211/mac80211: clarify link ID in control port TX

2022-07-22T12:28:16+00:00

Clarify the link ID behaviour in control port TX, we need it to select the link to transmit on for both MLD and non-MLD receivers, but select the link address as the SA only if the receiver is not an MLD. Fixes: 67207bab9341 ("wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: Support control port TX from specific link") Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg