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| author | tamizhr@codeaurora.org <tamizhr@codeaurora.org> | 2018-01-31 16:24:49 +0530 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2018-01-31 12:57:44 +0100 |
| commit | 466b9936bf93b7ec3bce1dcd493262ff0a8a4f44 (patch) | |
| tree | 77ad5b4eade717ca3b790187501a235b22f96e7f /include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | |
| parent | 25b0ba7ebbc5ffa5a64d752b85af78e6e517e3b2 (diff) | |
| download | op-kernel-dev-466b9936bf93b7ec3bce1dcd493262ff0a8a4f44.zip op-kernel-dev-466b9936bf93b7ec3bce1dcd493262ff0a8a4f44.tar.gz | |
cfg80211: Add support to notify station's opmode change to userspace
ht/vht action frames will be sent to AP from station to notify
change of its ht/vht opmode(max bandwidth, smps mode or nss) modified
values. Currently these valuse used by driver/firmware for rate control
algorithm. This patch introduces NL80211_CMD_STA_OPMODE_CHANGED
command to notify those modified/current supported values(max bandwidth,
smps mode, max nss) to userspace application. This will be useful for the
application like steering, which closely monitoring station's capability
changes. Since the application has taken these values during station
association.
Signed-off-by: Tamizh chelvam <tamizhr@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 | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index c234245..ca3d5a6 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -1013,6 +1013,11 @@ * user space through the connect result as the user space would have * initiated the connection through the connect request. * + * @NL80211_CMD_STA_OPMODE_CHANGED: An event that notify station's + * ht opmode or vht opmode changes using any of &NL80211_ATTR_SMPS_MODE, + * &NL80211_ATTR_CHANNEL_WIDTH,&NL80211_ATTR_NSS attributes with its + * address(specified in &NL80211_ATTR_MAC). + * * @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number * @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -1221,6 +1226,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands { NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH, + NL80211_CMD_STA_OPMODE_CHANGED, + /* add new commands above here */ /* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */ @@ -2186,6 +2193,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * authentication processing to user space if this capability is indicated * in NL80211_CMD_CONNECT requests from the user space. * + * @NL80211_ATTR_NSS: Station's New/updated RX_NSS value notified using this + * u8 attribute. This is used with %NL80211_CMD_STA_OPMODE_CHANGED. + * * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use @@ -2615,6 +2625,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_EXTERNAL_AUTH_ACTION, NL80211_ATTR_EXTERNAL_AUTH_SUPPORT, + NL80211_ATTR_NSS, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, |
