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| author | Arik Nemtsov | 2011-11-10 10:28:55 +0100 |
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| committer | John W. Linville | 2011-11-11 18:32:51 +0100 |
| commit | 87bbbe22f84b91d0bcd3a7fc638e4f5e8224cc4e (patch) | |
| tree | ef61839cade89a6c47c96c3447d0d4c12f913c41 /include | |
| parent | nl80211: fix compiler warning (diff) | |
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nl80211: Add probe response offload attribute
Notify user-space about probe-response offloading support in the driver.
A wiphy flag is used to indicate support and a bitmap of protocols
determines which protocols are supported.
Signed-off-by: Guy Eilam <guy@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/nl80211.h | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/cfg80211.h | 10 |
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index 3152ddfb4294..be92333cf8fe 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -1160,6 +1160,11 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * * @NL80211_ATTR_FEATURE_FLAGS: This u32 attribute contains flags from * &enum nl80211_feature_flags and is advertised in wiphy information. + * @NL80211_ATTR_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD: Indicates that the HW responds to probe + * + * requests while operating in AP-mode. + * This attribute holds a bitmap of the supported protocols for + * offloading (see &enum nl80211_probe_resp_offload_support_attr). * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use @@ -1395,6 +1400,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_FEATURE_FLAGS, + NL80211_ATTR_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, @@ -2727,4 +2734,25 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags { NL80211_FEATURE_SK_TX_STATUS = 1 << 0, }; +/** + * enum nl80211_probe_resp_offload_support_attr - optional supported + * protocols for probe-response offloading by the driver/FW. + * To be used with the %NL80211_ATTR_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD attribute. + * Each enum value represents a bit in the bitmap of supported + * protocols. Typically a subset of probe-requests belonging to a + * supported protocol will be excluded from offload and uploaded + * to the host. + * + * @NL80211_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD_SUPPORT_WPS: Support for WPS ver. 1 + * @NL80211_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD_SUPPORT_WPS2: Support for WPS ver. 2 + * @NL80211_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD_SUPPORT_P2P: Support for P2P + * @NL80211_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD_SUPPORT_80211U: Support for 802.11u + */ +enum nl80211_probe_resp_offload_support_attr { + NL80211_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD_SUPPORT_WPS = 1<<0, + NL80211_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD_SUPPORT_WPS2 = 1<<1, + NL80211_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD_SUPPORT_P2P = 1<<2, + NL80211_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD_SUPPORT_80211U = 1<<3, +}; + #endif /* __LINUX_NL80211_H */ diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index 50e3608f5656..093f538f65d6 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -1694,6 +1694,8 @@ struct cfg80211_ops { * @WIPHY_FLAG_REPORTS_OBSS: the device will report beacons from other BSSes * when there are virtual interfaces in AP mode by calling * cfg80211_report_obss_beacon(). + * @WIPHY_FLAG_AP_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD: When operating as an AP, the device + * responds to probe-requests in hardware. */ enum wiphy_flags { WIPHY_FLAG_CUSTOM_REGULATORY = BIT(0), @@ -1714,6 +1716,7 @@ enum wiphy_flags { WIPHY_FLAG_TDLS_EXTERNAL_SETUP = BIT(16), WIPHY_FLAG_HAVE_AP_SME = BIT(17), WIPHY_FLAG_REPORTS_OBSS = BIT(18), + WIPHY_FLAG_AP_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD = BIT(19), }; /** @@ -1982,6 +1985,13 @@ struct wiphy { u32 available_antennas_tx; u32 available_antennas_rx; + /* + * Bitmap of supported protocols for probe response offloading + * see &enum nl80211_probe_resp_offload_support_attr. Only valid + * when the wiphy flag @WIPHY_FLAG_AP_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD is set. + */ + u32 probe_resp_offload; + /* If multiple wiphys are registered and you're handed e.g. * a regular netdev with assigned ieee80211_ptr, you won't * know whether it points to a wiphy your driver has registered |