nl80211: add API to probe a client
When the AP SME in hostapd is used it wants to
probe the clients when they have been idle for
some time. Add explicit API to support this.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index ff39e4b..901a70d 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -519,6 +519,14 @@
* If used as the command it must have an interface index and you can
* only unsubscribe from the event by closing the socket.
*
+ * @NL80211_CMD_PROBE_CLIENT: Probe an associated station on an AP interface
+ * by sending a null data frame to it and reporting when the frame is
+ * acknowleged. This is used to allow timing out inactive clients. Uses
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX and %NL80211_ATTR_MAC. The command returns a
+ * direct reply with an %NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE that is later used to match
+ * up the event with the request. The event includes the same data and
+ * has %NL80211_ATTR_ACK set if the frame was ACKed.
+ *
* @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
* @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -650,6 +658,8 @@
NL80211_CMD_UNEXPECTED_FRAME,
+ NL80211_CMD_PROBE_CLIENT,
+
/* add new commands above here */
/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */