mac80211/cfg80211: HT capabilities for NEW_STA
Allow userspace (e.g., hostapd) to set HT capabilities for associated
STAs. This is based on a patch from Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> (only
the NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY for NEW_STA part is included here).
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 447c02a..0c1147d 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@
* @NL80211_ATTR_BSS_SHORT_SLOT_TIME: whether short slot time enabled
* (u8, 0 or 1)
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY: HT Capability information element (from
+ * association request when used with NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION)
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -254,16 +257,25 @@
NL80211_ATTR_BSS_SHORT_PREAMBLE,
NL80211_ATTR_BSS_SHORT_SLOT_TIME,
+ NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
NL80211_ATTR_MAX = __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST - 1
};
+/*
+ * Allow user space programs to use #ifdef on new attributes by defining them
+ * here
+ */
+#define NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY
+
#define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES 32
#define NL80211_TKIP_DATA_OFFSET_ENCR_KEY 0
#define NL80211_TKIP_DATA_OFFSET_TX_MIC_KEY 16
#define NL80211_TKIP_DATA_OFFSET_RX_MIC_KEY 24
+#define NL80211_HT_CAPABILITY_LEN 26
/**
* enum nl80211_iftype - (virtual) interface types