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-rw-r--r--include/linux/nl80211.h13
-rw-r--r--include/net/cfg80211.h11
-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h6
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index f8750f9a65b..b7c77f9712f 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
* %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_SHORT,
* %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_LONG, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FRAG_THRESHOLD,
* and/or %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RTS_THRESHOLD.
+ * However, for setting the channel, see %NL80211_CMD_SET_CHANNEL
+ * instead, the support here is for backward compatibility only.
* @NL80211_CMD_NEW_WIPHY: Newly created wiphy, response to get request
* or rename notification. Has attributes %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY and
* %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME.
@@ -329,6 +331,15 @@
* @NL80211_CMD_NOTIFY_CQM: Connection quality monitor notification. This
* command is used as an event to indicate the that a trigger level was
* reached.
+ * @NL80211_CMD_SET_CHANNEL: Set the channel (using %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ
+ * and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE) the given interface (identifed
+ * by %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX) shall operate on.
+ * In case multiple channels are supported by the device, the mechanism
+ * with which it switches channels is implementation-defined.
+ * When a monitor interface is given, it can only switch channel while
+ * no other interfaces are operating to avoid disturbing the operation
+ * of any other interfaces, and other interfaces will again take
+ * precedence when they are used.
*
* @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
* @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -428,6 +439,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
NL80211_CMD_SET_CQM,
NL80211_CMD_NOTIFY_CQM,
+ NL80211_CMD_SET_CHANNEL,
+
/* add new commands above here */
/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 7d10c0182f5..b44a2e5321a 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -966,7 +966,11 @@ struct cfg80211_pmksa {
*
* @set_txq_params: Set TX queue parameters
*
- * @set_channel: Set channel
+ * @set_channel: Set channel for a given wireless interface. Some devices
+ * may support multi-channel operation (by channel hopping) so cfg80211
+ * doesn't verify much. Note, however, that the passed netdev may be
+ * %NULL as well if the user requested changing the channel for the
+ * device itself, or for a monitor interface.
*
* @scan: Request to do a scan. If returning zero, the scan request is given
* the driver, and will be valid until passed to cfg80211_scan_done().
@@ -1095,7 +1099,7 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
int (*set_txq_params)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct ieee80211_txq_params *params);
- int (*set_channel)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ int (*set_channel)(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
struct ieee80211_channel *chan,
enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type);
@@ -1461,6 +1465,8 @@ struct cfg80211_cached_keys;
* @list: (private) Used to collect the interfaces
* @netdev: (private) Used to reference back to the netdev
* @current_bss: (private) Used by the internal configuration code
+ * @channel: (private) Used by the internal configuration code to track
+ * user-set AP, monitor and WDS channels for wireless extensions
* @bssid: (private) Used by the internal configuration code
* @ssid: (private) Used by the internal configuration code
* @ssid_len: (private) Used by the internal configuration code
@@ -1507,6 +1513,7 @@ struct wireless_dev {
struct cfg80211_internal_bss *authtry_bsses[MAX_AUTH_BSSES];
struct cfg80211_internal_bss *auth_bsses[MAX_AUTH_BSSES];
struct cfg80211_internal_bss *current_bss; /* associated / joined */
+ struct ieee80211_channel *channel;
bool ps;
int ps_timeout;
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 54aa16b98b7..ac45c5b9d7e 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ enum ieee80211_bss_change {
BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED = 1<<9,
BSS_CHANGED_CQM = 1<<10,
BSS_CHANGED_IBSS = 1<<11,
+
+ /* when adding here, make sure to change ieee80211_reconfig */
};
/**
@@ -189,6 +191,9 @@ enum ieee80211_bss_change {
* the current band.
* @bssid: The BSSID for this BSS
* @enable_beacon: whether beaconing should be enabled or not
+ * @channel_type: Channel type for this BSS -- the hardware might be
+ * configured for HT40+ while this BSS only uses no-HT, for
+ * example.
* @ht_operation_mode: HT operation mode (like in &struct ieee80211_ht_info).
* This field is only valid when the channel type is one of the HT types.
* @cqm_rssi_thold: Connection quality monitor RSSI threshold, a zero value
@@ -213,6 +218,7 @@ struct ieee80211_bss_conf {
u16 ht_operation_mode;
s32 cqm_rssi_thold;
u32 cqm_rssi_hyst;
+ enum nl80211_channel_type channel_type;
};
/**