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| author |   Aviya Erenfeld <aviya.erenfeld@intel.com> | 2016-07-05 15:23:08 +0300 |
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| committer |   Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2016-07-06 14:46:04 +0200 |
| commit | c6e6a0c8be575c830a97b1942dabeab70f423fe0 (patch) | |
| tree | 01f16a0a2cadbb579fcf48392cb1b4940db6f661 /include/net/cfg80211.h | |
| parent | mac80211: agg-rx: refuse ADDBA Request with timeout update (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-c6e6a0c8be575c830a97b1942dabeab70f423fe0.tar.xz linux-dev-c6e6a0c8be575c830a97b1942dabeab70f423fe0.zip | |
nl80211: Add API to support VHT MU-MIMO air sniffer
add API to support VHT MU-MIMO air sniffer.
in MU-MIMO there are parallel frames on the air while the HW
has only one RX.
add the capability to sniff one of the MU-MIMO parallel frames by
giving the sniffer additional information so it'll know which
of the parallel frames it shall follow.
Add attribute - NL80211_ATTR_MU_MIMO_GROUP_DATA - for getting
a MU-MIMO groupID in order to monitor packets from that group
using VHT MU-MIMO.
And add attribute -NL80211_ATTR_MU_MIMO_FOLLOW_ADDR - for passing
MAC address to monitor mode.
that option will be used by VHT MU-MIMO air sniffer to follow a
station according to it's MAC address using VHT MU-MIMO.
Signed-off-by: Aviya Erenfeld <aviya.erenfeld@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/cfg80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/cfg80211.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index 7bbb00d8b2cd..fa4f0f793817 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ struct ieee80211_supported_band { * in a separate chapter. */ +#define VHT_MUMIMO_GROUPS_DATA_LEN (WLAN_MEMBERSHIP_LEN +\ + WLAN_USER_POSITION_LEN) + /** * struct vif_params - describes virtual interface parameters * @use_4addr: use 4-address frames @@ -339,10 +342,13 @@ struct ieee80211_supported_band { * This feature is only fully supported by drivers that enable the * %NL80211_FEATURE_MAC_ON_CREATE flag. Others may support creating ** only p2p devices with specified MAC. + * @vht_mumimo_groups: MU-MIMO groupID. used for monitoring only + * packets belonging to that MU-MIMO groupID. */ struct vif_params { - int use_4addr; - u8 macaddr[ETH_ALEN]; + int use_4addr; + u8 macaddr[ETH_ALEN]; + u8 vht_mumimo_groups[VHT_MUMIMO_GROUPS_DATA_LEN]; }; /** |