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authorJames Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>2021-03-12 02:03:33 +0300
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2021-04-08 13:04:08 +0300
commit0750cfd8b7fd491c9d7c8bd19d9ac380cd3c84ee (patch)
treea9a4c024d652c0a8ab7d0f63006634a6b95b0cbe /include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
parent196900fd97e26292f0bb90758690db4cd5e64e98 (diff)
downloadlinux-0750cfd8b7fd491c9d7c8bd19d9ac380cd3c84ee.tar.xz
nl80211: better document CMD_ROAM behavior
The docs were very sparse with how exactly CMD_ROAM should be used. Specifically related to BSS information normally obtained through a user space scan. Signed-off-by: James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210311230333.103934-1-prestwoj@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index ac78da99fccd..5e30c7f6c484 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -655,6 +655,9 @@
* When a security association was established on an 802.1X network using
* fast transition, this event should be followed by an
* %NL80211_CMD_PORT_AUTHORIZED event.
+ * Following a %NL80211_CMD_ROAM event userspace can issue
+ * %NL80211_CMD_GET_SCAN in order to obtain the scan information for the
+ * new BSS the card/driver roamed to.
* @NL80211_CMD_DISCONNECT: drop a given connection; also used to notify
* userspace that a connection was dropped by the AP or due to other
* reasons, for this the %NL80211_ATTR_DISCONNECTED_BY_AP and