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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 34 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index 68b294e83944..241220c43e86 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ * */ +/* + * This header file defines the userspace API to the wireless stack. Please + * be careful not to break things - i.e. don't move anything around or so + * unless you can demonstrate that it breaks neither API nor ABI. + * + * Additions to the API should be accompanied by actual implementations in + * an upstream driver, so that example implementations exist in case there + * are ever concerns about the precise semantics of the API or changes are + * needed, and to ensure that code for dead (no longer implemented) API + * can actually be identified and removed. + * Nonetheless, semantics should also be documented carefully in this file. + */ + #include <linux/types.h> #define NL80211_GENL_NAME "nl80211" @@ -1684,6 +1697,10 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * If set during scheduled scan start then the new scan req will be * owned by the netlink socket that created it and the scheduled scan will * be stopped when the socket is closed. + * If set during configuration of regulatory indoor operation then the + * regulatory indoor configuration would be owned by the netlink socket + * that configured the indoor setting, and the indoor operation would be + * cleared when the socket is closed. * * @NL80211_ATTR_TDLS_INITIATOR: flag attribute indicating the current end is * the TDLS link initiator. @@ -1737,8 +1754,12 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * should be contained in the result as the sum of the respective counters * over all channels. * - * @NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY: delay before a scheduled scan (or a - * WoWLAN net-detect scan) is started, u32 in seconds. + * @NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY: delay before the first cycle of a + * scheduled scan (or a WoWLAN net-detect scan) is started, u32 + * in seconds. + + * @NL80211_ATTR_REG_INDOOR: flag attribute, if set indicates that the device + * is operating in an indoor environment. * * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined @@ -2107,6 +2128,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY, + NL80211_ATTR_REG_INDOOR, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, @@ -3092,7 +3115,8 @@ enum nl80211_mesh_power_mode { * * @NL80211_MESHCONF_PLINK_TIMEOUT: If no tx activity is seen from a STA we've * established peering with for longer than this time (in seconds), then - * remove it from the STA's list of peers. Default is 30 minutes. + * remove it from the STA's list of peers. You may set this to 0 to disable + * the removal of the STA. Default is 30 minutes. * * @__NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -3694,6 +3718,8 @@ struct nl80211_pattern_support { * @NL80211_WOWLAN_TRIG_ANY: wake up on any activity, do not really put * the chip into a special state -- works best with chips that have * support for low-power operation already (flag) + * Note that this mode is incompatible with all of the others, if + * any others are even supported by the device. * @NL80211_WOWLAN_TRIG_DISCONNECT: wake up on disconnect, the way disconnect * is detected is implementation-specific (flag) * @NL80211_WOWLAN_TRIG_MAGIC_PKT: wake up on magic packet (6x 0xff, followed @@ -4327,11 +4353,13 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags { /** * enum nl80211_ext_feature_index - bit index of extended features. + * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_IBSS: This driver supports IBSS with VHT datarates. * * @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features. * @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index. */ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index { + NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_IBSS, /* add new features before the definition below */ NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES, |