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diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 0edb2566c14c..d706bf3badc8 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -804,6 +804,30 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* @NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_IBSS_RSN: The device supports IBSS RSN, which mostly
* means support for per-station GTKs.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX: Bitmap of allowed antennas for transmitting.
+ * This can be used to mask out antennas which are not attached or should
+ * not be used for transmitting. If an antenna is not selected in this
+ * bitmap the hardware is not allowed to transmit on this antenna.
+ *
+ * Each bit represents one antenna, starting with antenna 1 at the first
+ * bit. Depending on which antennas are selected in the bitmap, 802.11n
+ * drivers can derive which chainmasks to use (if all antennas belonging to
+ * a particular chain are disabled this chain should be disabled) and if
+ * a chain has diversity antennas wether diversity should be used or not.
+ * HT capabilities (STBC, TX Beamforming, Antenna selection) can be
+ * derived from the available chains after applying the antenna mask.
+ * Non-802.11n drivers can derive wether to use diversity or not.
+ * Drivers may reject configurations or RX/TX mask combinations they cannot
+ * support by returning -EINVAL.
+ *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX: Bitmap of allowed antennas for receiving.
+ * This can be used to mask out antennas which are not attached or should
+ * not be used for receiving. If an antenna is not selected in this bitmap
+ * the hardware should not be configured to receive on this antenna.
+ * For a more detailed descripton see @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX.
+ *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_MCAST_RATE: Multicast tx rate (in 100 kbps) for IBSS
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -973,6 +997,11 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_IBSS_RSN,
+ NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX,
+ NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX,
+
+ NL80211_ATTR_MCAST_RATE,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -1307,7 +1336,11 @@ enum nl80211_bitrate_attr {
* wireless core it thinks its knows the regulatory domain we should be in.
* @NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_COUNTRY_IE: the wireless core has received an
* 802.11 country information element with regulatory information it
- * thinks we should consider.
+ * thinks we should consider. cfg80211 only processes the country
+ * code from the IE, and relies on the regulatory domain information
+ * structure pased by userspace (CRDA) from our wireless-regdb.
+ * If a channel is enabled but the country code indicates it should
+ * be disabled we disable the channel and re-enable it upon disassociation.
*/
enum nl80211_reg_initiator {
NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE,
@@ -1786,6 +1819,8 @@ enum nl80211_ps_state {
* the minimum amount the RSSI level must change after an event before a
* new event may be issued (to reduce effects of RSSI oscillation).
* @NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_THRESHOLD_EVENT: RSSI threshold event
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_CQM_PKT_LOSS_EVENT: a u32 value indicating that this many
+ * consecutive packets were not acknowledged by the peer
* @__NL80211_ATTR_CQM_AFTER_LAST: internal
* @NL80211_ATTR_CQM_MAX: highest key attribute
*/
@@ -1794,6 +1829,7 @@ enum nl80211_attr_cqm {
NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_THOLD,
NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_HYST,
NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_THRESHOLD_EVENT,
+ NL80211_ATTR_CQM_PKT_LOSS_EVENT,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_ATTR_CQM_AFTER_LAST,