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authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2012-06-16 00:19:54 +0200
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2012-08-20 13:58:21 +0200
commit98104fdeda63d57631c9f89e90a7b83b58fcee40 (patch)
tree22d0f75c2f369fd02695ea8051ddc68e6f8b8390 /include/linux/nl80211.h
parentcc74c0c7d6d623d0d3f13ef64895937edb7b3177 (diff)
cfg80211: add P2P Device abstraction
In order to support using a different MAC address for the P2P Device address we must first have a P2P Device abstraction that can be assigned a MAC address. This abstraction will also be useful to support offloading P2P operations to the device, e.g. periodic listen for discoverability. Currently, the driver is responsible for assigning a MAC address to the P2P Device, but this could be changed by allowing a MAC address to be given to the NEW_INTERFACE command. As it has no associated netdev, a P2P Device can only be identified by its wdev identifier but the previous patches allowed using the wdev identifier in various APIs, e.g. remain-on-channel. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/nl80211.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nl80211.h30
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 2f3878806403..458416279347 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -565,6 +565,14 @@
* %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX is now on %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ with
* %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE.
*
+ * @NL80211_CMD_START_P2P_DEVICE: Start the given P2P Device, identified by
+ * its %NL80211_ATTR_WDEV identifier. It must have been created with
+ * %NL80211_CMD_NEW_INTERFACE previously. After it has been started, the
+ * P2P Device can be used for P2P operations, e.g. remain-on-channel and
+ * public action frame TX.
+ * @NL80211_CMD_STOP_P2P_DEVICE: Stop the given P2P Device, identified by
+ * its %NL80211_ATTR_WDEV identifier.
+ *
* @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
* @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -708,6 +716,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
NL80211_CMD_CH_SWITCH_NOTIFY,
+ NL80211_CMD_START_P2P_DEVICE,
+ NL80211_CMD_STOP_P2P_DEVICE,
+
/* add new commands above here */
/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */
@@ -1575,6 +1586,10 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
* @NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT: mesh point
* @NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT: P2P client
* @NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO: P2P group owner
+ * @NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE: P2P device interface type, this is not a netdev
+ * and therefore can't be created in the normal ways, use the
+ * %NL80211_CMD_START_P2P_DEVICE and %NL80211_CMD_STOP_P2P_DEVICE
+ * commands to create and destroy one
* @NL80211_IFTYPE_MAX: highest interface type number currently defined
* @NUM_NL80211_IFTYPES: number of defined interface types
*
@@ -1593,6 +1608,7 @@ enum nl80211_iftype {
NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT,
NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT,
NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO,
+ NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE,
/* keep last */
NUM_NL80211_IFTYPES,
@@ -2994,12 +3010,18 @@ enum nl80211_ap_sme_features {
* @NL80211_FEATURE_CELL_BASE_REG_HINTS: This driver has been tested
* to work properly to suppport receiving regulatory hints from
* cellular base stations.
+ * @NL80211_FEATURE_P2P_DEVICE_NEEDS_CHANNEL: If this is set, an active
+ * P2P Device (%NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE) requires its own channel
+ * in the interface combinations, even when it's only used for scan
+ * and remain-on-channel. This could be due to, for example, the
+ * remain-on-channel implementation requiring a channel context.
*/
enum nl80211_feature_flags {
- NL80211_FEATURE_SK_TX_STATUS = 1 << 0,
- NL80211_FEATURE_HT_IBSS = 1 << 1,
- NL80211_FEATURE_INACTIVITY_TIMER = 1 << 2,
- NL80211_FEATURE_CELL_BASE_REG_HINTS = 1 << 3,
+ NL80211_FEATURE_SK_TX_STATUS = 1 << 0,
+ NL80211_FEATURE_HT_IBSS = 1 << 1,
+ NL80211_FEATURE_INACTIVITY_TIMER = 1 << 2,
+ NL80211_FEATURE_CELL_BASE_REG_HINTS = 1 << 3,
+ NL80211_FEATURE_P2P_DEVICE_NEEDS_CHANNEL = 1 << 4,
};
/**