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| author | Jouni Malinen | 2011-08-10 23:55:56 +0300 |
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| committer | John W. Linville | 2011-08-12 13:45:04 -0400 |
| commit | 9946ecfb510462e59afddb2a992da804d58b6bcd (patch) | |
| tree | 2eb7792cf6363f33f41d0532cb218ad86120f3bb /include/linux | |
| parent | 5fb628e9105eef6796789b1ae93289e1566ccdf0 (diff) | |
nl80211/cfg80211: Add extra IE configuration to AP mode setup
The NL80211_CMD_NEW_BEACON command is, in practice, requesting AP mode
operations to be started. Add new attributes to provide extra IEs
(e.g., WPS IE, P2P IE) for drivers that build Beacon, Probe Response,
and (Re)Association Response frames internally (likely in firmware).
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/nl80211.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index 580fcdceed2c..89dec16b4697 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ * %NL80211_ATTR_HIDDEN_SSID, %NL80211_ATTR_CIPHERS_PAIRWISE, * %NL80211_ATTR_CIPHER_GROUP, %NL80211_ATTR_WPA_VERSIONS, * %NL80211_ATTR_AKM_SUITES, %NL80211_ATTR_PRIVACY, - * %NL80211_ATTR_AUTH_TYPE. + * %NL80211_ATTR_AUTH_TYPE, %NL80211_ATTR_IE, %NL80211_ATTR_IE_PROBE_RESP, + * %NL80211_ATTR_IE_ASSOC_RESP. * @NL80211_CMD_NEW_BEACON: add a new beacon to an access point interface, * parameters are like for %NL80211_CMD_SET_BEACON. * @NL80211_CMD_DEL_BEACON: remove the beacon, stop sending it @@ -1031,6 +1032,16 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * and Probe Response (when response to wildcard Probe Request); see * &enum nl80211_hidden_ssid, represented as a u32 * + * @NL80211_ATTR_IE_PROBE_RESP: Information element(s) for Probe Response frame. + * This is used with %NL80211_CMD_NEW_BEACON and %NL80211_CMD_SET_BEACON to + * provide extra IEs (e.g., WPS/P2P IE) into Probe Response frames when the + * driver (or firmware) replies to Probe Request frames. + * @NL80211_ATTR_IE_ASSOC_RESP: Information element(s) for (Re)Association + * Response frames. This is used with %NL80211_CMD_NEW_BEACON and + * %NL80211_CMD_SET_BEACON to provide extra IEs (e.g., WPS/P2P IE) into + * (Re)Association Response frames when the driver (or firmware) replies to + * (Re)Association Request frames. + * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -1238,6 +1249,9 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_HIDDEN_SSID, + NL80211_ATTR_IE_PROBE_RESP, + NL80211_ATTR_IE_ASSOC_RESP, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, |