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| author | Lior David <liord@codeaurora.org> | 2016-01-28 11:58:25 +0300 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2016-02-24 11:04:34 +0300 |
| commit | 34d505193bd10668acf1caba02d2f66bddc23fea (patch) | |
| tree | 85a3ae638a7394c2d0cd342c918e363fb81cdc96 /include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | |
| parent | 230fd28a91542f0abfe390bda74702a3504c3df6 (diff) | |
| download | linux-34d505193bd10668acf1caba02d2f66bddc23fea.tar.xz | |
cfg80211: basic support for PBSS network type
PBSS (Personal Basic Service Set) is a new BSS type for DMG
networks. It is similar to infrastructure BSS, having an AP-like
entity called PCP (PBSS Control Point), but it has few differences.
PBSS support is mandatory for 11ad devices.
Add support for PBSS by introducing a new PBSS flag attribute.
The PBSS flag is used in the START_AP command to request starting
a PCP instead of an AP, and in the CONNECT command to request
connecting to a PCP instead of an AP.
Signed-off-by: Lior David <liord@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index 5b7b5ebe7ca8..7758969a2a8e 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -1789,6 +1789,10 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * thus it must not specify the number of iterations, only the interval * between scans. The scan plans are executed sequentially. * Each scan plan is a nested attribute of &enum nl80211_sched_scan_plan. + * @NL80211_ATTR_PBSS: flag attribute. If set it means operate + * in a PBSS. Specified in %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT to request + * connecting to a PCP, and in %NL80211_CMD_START_AP to start + * a PCP instead of AP. Relevant for DMG networks only. * * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined @@ -2164,6 +2168,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_MAX_SCAN_PLAN_ITERATIONS, NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_PLANS, + NL80211_ATTR_PBSS, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, |