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| author | Jonathan Doron <jond@wizery.com> | 2014-12-15 17:26:00 (GMT) |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2014-12-17 10:49:55 (GMT) |
| commit | b0d7aa59592b4270531de5ce65dcf18338a2d98c (patch) | |
| tree | 85d54dba5117fedd4d5b605be70ddbf8451d7838 /include/uapi | |
| parent | ad30ca2c03cecfb1b0749874bdceead269542de6 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b0d7aa59592b4270531de5ce65dcf18338a2d98c.tar.xz | |
cfg80211: allow wiphy specific regdomain management
Add a new regulatory flag that allows a driver to manage regdomain
changes/updates for its own wiphy.
A self-managed wiphys only employs regulatory information obtained from
the FW and driver and does not use other cfg80211 sources like
beacon-hints, country-code IEs and hints from other devices on the same
system. Conversely, a self-managed wiphy does not share its regulatory
hints with other devices in the system. If a system contains several
devices, one or more of which are self-managed, there might be
contradictory regulatory settings between them. Usage of flag is
generally discouraged. Only use it if the FW/driver is incompatible
with non-locally originated hints.
A new API lets the driver send a complete regdomain, to be applied on
its wiphy only.
After a wiphy-specific regdomain change takes place, usermode will get
a new type of change notification. The regulatory core also takes care
enforce regulatory restrictions, in case some interfaces are on
forbidden channels.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Doron <jonathanx.doron@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arikx.nemtsov@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index 2d384d0..fb58e65 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -782,6 +782,10 @@ * peer given by %NL80211_ATTR_MAC. Both peers must be on the base channel * when this command completes. * + * @NL80211_CMD_WIPHY_REG_CHANGE: Similar to %NL80211_CMD_REG_CHANGE, but used + * as an event to indicate changes for devices with wiphy-specific regdom + * management. + * * @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number * @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -966,6 +970,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands { NL80211_CMD_TDLS_CHANNEL_SWITCH, NL80211_CMD_TDLS_CANCEL_CHANNEL_SWITCH, + NL80211_CMD_WIPHY_REG_CHANGE, + /* add new commands above here */ /* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */ |