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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index 6da52d7b48c4..b4606288ef7a 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -429,7 +429,11 @@ * @NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE: association request and notification; like * NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE but for Association and Reassociation * (similar to MLME-ASSOCIATE.request, MLME-REASSOCIATE.request, - * MLME-ASSOCIATE.confirm or MLME-REASSOCIATE.confirm primitives). + * MLME-ASSOCIATE.confirm or MLME-REASSOCIATE.confirm primitives). The + * %NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID attribute is used to specify whether the + * request is for the initial association to an ESS (that attribute not + * included) or for reassociation within the ESS (that attribute is + * included). * @NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE: deauthentication request and notification; like * NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE but for Deauthentication frames (similar to * MLME-DEAUTHENTICATION.request and MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.indication @@ -479,6 +483,9 @@ * set of BSSID,frequency parameters is used (i.e., either the enforcing * %NL80211_ATTR_MAC,%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ or the less strict * %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT). + * %NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID can be used to request a reassociation within + * the ESS in case the device is already associated and an association with + * a different BSS is desired. * Background scan period can optionally be * specified in %NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD, * if not specified default background scan configuration @@ -1287,8 +1294,11 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * @NL80211_ATTR_RESP_IE: (Re)association response information elements as * sent by peer, for ROAM and successful CONNECT events. * - * @NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID: previous BSSID, to be used by in ASSOCIATE - * commands to specify using a reassociate frame + * @NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID: previous BSSID, to be used in ASSOCIATE and CONNECT + * commands to specify a request to reassociate within an ESS, i.e., to use + * Reassociate Request frame (with the value of this attribute in the + * Current AP address field) instead of Association Request frame which is + * used for the initial association to an ESS. * * @NL80211_ATTR_KEY: key information in a nested attribute with * %NL80211_KEY_* sub-attributes |