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| author | Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> | 2015-01-16 16:04:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2015-01-23 10:30:47 +0100 |
| commit | 9c74893441d3cf4b258a82b19cbf6bfd2ed6e549 (patch) | |
| tree | 4e2d61d97961013e4a8db0be6c5386b43f123476 /include/uapi | |
| parent | db82d8a966ded064bd4cf0e1fcca13442f50d0ae (diff) | |
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nl80211: add an attribute to allow delaying the first scheduled scan cycle
The userspace may want to delay the the first scheduled scan or
net-detect cycle. Add an optional attribute to the scheduled scan
configuration to pass the delay to be (optionally) used by the driver.
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
[add the attribute to the policy to validate it]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index f68532b015db..1cbc3aae425c 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -324,7 +324,9 @@ * if passed, define which channels should be scanned; if not * passed, all channels allowed for the current regulatory domain * are used. Extra IEs can also be passed from the userspace by - * using the %NL80211_ATTR_IE attribute. + * using the %NL80211_ATTR_IE attribute. The first cycle of the + * scheduled scan can be delayed by %NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY + * is supplied. * @NL80211_CMD_STOP_SCHED_SCAN: stop a scheduled scan. Returns -ENOENT if * scheduled scan is not running. The caller may assume that as soon * as the call returns, it is safe to start a new scheduled scan again. @@ -1735,6 +1737,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * should be contained in the result as the sum of the respective counters * over all channels. * + * @NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY: delay before a scheduled scan (or a + * WoWLAN net-detect scan) is started, u32 in seconds. + * * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use @@ -2100,6 +2105,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_NETNS_FD, + NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, @@ -3743,11 +3750,12 @@ struct nl80211_pattern_support { * @NL80211_WOWLAN_TRIG_NET_DETECT: wake up when a configured network * is detected. This is a nested attribute that contains the * same attributes used with @NL80211_CMD_START_SCHED_SCAN. It - * specifies how the scan is performed (e.g. the interval and the - * channels to scan) as well as the scan results that will - * trigger a wake (i.e. the matchsets). This attribute is also - * sent in a response to @NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY, indicating the - * number of match sets supported by the driver (u32). + * specifies how the scan is performed (e.g. the interval, the + * channels to scan and the initial delay) as well as the scan + * results that will trigger a wake (i.e. the matchsets). This + * attribute is also sent in a response to + * @NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY, indicating the number of match sets + * supported by the driver (u32). * @NL80211_WOWLAN_TRIG_NET_DETECT_RESULTS: nested attribute * containing an array with information about what triggered the * wake up. If no elements are present in the array, it means |