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| author |   Lior David <liord@codeaurora.org> | 2016-01-28 10:58:25 +0200 |
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| committer |   Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2016-02-24 09:04:34 +0100 |
| commit | 34d505193bd10668acf1caba02d2f66bddc23fea (patch) | |
| tree | 85a3ae638a7394c2d0cd342c918e363fb81cdc96 /net/wireless/nl80211.c | |
| parent | cfg80211: add support for non-linear skbs in ieee80211_amsdu_to_8023s (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-34d505193bd10668acf1caba02d2f66bddc23fea.tar.xz linux-dev-34d505193bd10668acf1caba02d2f66bddc23fea.zip | |
cfg80211: basic support for PBSS network type
PBSS (Personal Basic Service Set) is a new BSS type for DMG
networks. It is similar to infrastructure BSS, having an AP-like
entity called PCP (PBSS Control Point), but it has few differences.
PBSS support is mandatory for 11ad devices.
Add support for PBSS by introducing a new PBSS flag attribute.
The PBSS flag is used in the START_AP command to request starting
a PCP instead of an AP, and in the CONNECT command to request
connecting to a PCP instead of an AP.
Signed-off-by: Lior David <liord@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/nl80211.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/nl80211.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index d4786f2802aa..268cb493f6a5 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = { [NL80211_ATTR_NETNS_FD] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, [NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, [NL80211_ATTR_REG_INDOOR] = { .type = NLA_FLAG }, + [NL80211_ATTR_PBSS] = { .type = NLA_FLAG }, }; /* policy for the key attributes */ @@ -3461,6 +3462,10 @@ static int nl80211_start_ap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) return PTR_ERR(params.acl); } + params.pbss = nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_PBSS]); + if (params.pbss && !rdev->wiphy.bands[IEEE80211_BAND_60GHZ]) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + wdev_lock(wdev); err = rdev_start_ap(rdev, dev, ¶ms); if (!err) { @@ -7980,6 +7985,12 @@ static int nl80211_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) connect.flags |= ASSOC_REQ_USE_RRM; } + connect.pbss = nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_PBSS]); + if (connect.pbss && !rdev->wiphy.bands[IEEE80211_BAND_60GHZ]) { + kzfree(connkeys); + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + } + wdev_lock(dev->ieee80211_ptr); err = cfg80211_connect(rdev, dev, &connect, connkeys, NULL); wdev_unlock(dev->ieee80211_ptr); |