cfg80211: let SME control reassociation vs. association
Since we don't really know that well in the kernel,
let's let the SME control whether it wants to use
reassociation or not, by allowing it to give the
previous BSSID in the associate() parameters.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index b34c17f..e496a2d 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -564,6 +564,9 @@
* @NL80211_ATTR_RESP_IE: (Re)association response information elements as
* sent by peer, for ROAM and successful CONNECT events.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID: previous BSSID, to be used by in ASSOCIATE
+ * commands to specify using a reassociate frame
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -687,6 +690,8 @@
NL80211_ATTR_REQ_IE,
NL80211_ATTR_RESP_IE,
+ NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index ca986cc..71847d3 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -664,10 +664,11 @@
* @ie_len: Length of ie buffer in octets
* @use_mfp: Use management frame protection (IEEE 802.11w) in this association
* @crypto: crypto settings
+ * @prev_bssid: previous BSSID, if not %NULL use reassociate frame
*/
struct cfg80211_assoc_request {
struct cfg80211_bss *bss;
- const u8 *ie;
+ const u8 *ie, *prev_bssid;
size_t ie_len;
struct cfg80211_crypto_settings crypto;
bool use_mfp;