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| author | Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com> | 2011-08-10 23:54:35 +0300 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2011-08-12 13:45:04 -0400 |
| commit | 5fb628e9105eef6796789b1ae93289e1566ccdf0 (patch) | |
| tree | 3d1e9eef06be596bdd0ab936b8527202afac42e7 /include/linux/nl80211.h | |
| parent | 32e9de846be885444358b67267f837088c05e0c2 (diff) | |
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nl80211/cfg80211: Add crypto settings into NEW_BEACON
This removes need from drivers to parse the beacon tail/head data
to figure out what crypto settings are to be used in AP mode in case
the Beacon and Probe Response frames are fully constructed in the
driver/firmware.
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/nl80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/nl80211.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index 227ee9a0ff1a..580fcdceed2c 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -163,7 +163,10 @@ * %NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_HEAD and %NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TAIL attributes. * Following attributes are provided for drivers that generate full Beacon * and Probe Response frames internally: %NL80211_ATTR_SSID, - * %NL80211_ATTR_HIDDEN_SSID. + * %NL80211_ATTR_HIDDEN_SSID, %NL80211_ATTR_CIPHERS_PAIRWISE, + * %NL80211_ATTR_CIPHER_GROUP, %NL80211_ATTR_WPA_VERSIONS, + * %NL80211_ATTR_AKM_SUITES, %NL80211_ATTR_PRIVACY, + * %NL80211_ATTR_AUTH_TYPE. * @NL80211_CMD_NEW_BEACON: add a new beacon to an access point interface, * parameters are like for %NL80211_CMD_SET_BEACON. * @NL80211_CMD_DEL_BEACON: remove the beacon, stop sending it @@ -845,18 +848,20 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * @NL80211_ATTR_STATUS_CODE: StatusCode for the %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT * event (u16) * @NL80211_ATTR_PRIVACY: Flag attribute, used with connect(), indicating - * that protected APs should be used. + * that protected APs should be used. This is also used with NEW_BEACON to + * indicate that the BSS is to use protection. * - * @NL80211_ATTR_CIPHERS_PAIRWISE: Used with CONNECT and ASSOCIATE to - * indicate which unicast key ciphers will be used with the connection + * @NL80211_ATTR_CIPHERS_PAIRWISE: Used with CONNECT, ASSOCIATE, and NEW_BEACON + * to indicate which unicast key ciphers will be used with the connection * (an array of u32). - * @NL80211_ATTR_CIPHER_GROUP: Used with CONNECT and ASSOCIATE to indicate - * which group key cipher will be used with the connection (a u32). - * @NL80211_ATTR_WPA_VERSIONS: Used with CONNECT and ASSOCIATE to indicate - * which WPA version(s) the AP we want to associate with is using + * @NL80211_ATTR_CIPHER_GROUP: Used with CONNECT, ASSOCIATE, and NEW_BEACON to + * indicate which group key cipher will be used with the connection (a + * u32). + * @NL80211_ATTR_WPA_VERSIONS: Used with CONNECT, ASSOCIATE, and NEW_BEACON to + * indicate which WPA version(s) the AP we want to associate with is using * (a u32 with flags from &enum nl80211_wpa_versions). - * @NL80211_ATTR_AKM_SUITES: Used with CONNECT and ASSOCIATE to indicate - * which key management algorithm(s) to use (an array of u32). + * @NL80211_ATTR_AKM_SUITES: Used with CONNECT, ASSOCIATE, and NEW_BEACON to + * indicate which key management algorithm(s) to use (an array of u32). * * @NL80211_ATTR_REQ_IE: (Re)association request information elements as * sent out by the card, for ROAM and successful CONNECT events. |