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authorJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-05-11 14:24:55 -0400
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-05-11 14:24:55 -0400
commitcc755896a4274f11283bca32d1d658203844057a (patch)
tree218970ece71df99f686b9416b7fd88b921690ebb /include/linux
parentd250fe91ae129bff0968e685cc9c466d3a5e3482 (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem
Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c
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-rw-r--r--include/linux/nl80211.h13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index f8750f9a65b8..b7c77f9712f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
* %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_SHORT,
* %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_LONG, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FRAG_THRESHOLD,
* and/or %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RTS_THRESHOLD.
+ * However, for setting the channel, see %NL80211_CMD_SET_CHANNEL
+ * instead, the support here is for backward compatibility only.
* @NL80211_CMD_NEW_WIPHY: Newly created wiphy, response to get request
* or rename notification. Has attributes %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY and
* %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME.
@@ -329,6 +331,15 @@
* @NL80211_CMD_NOTIFY_CQM: Connection quality monitor notification. This
* command is used as an event to indicate the that a trigger level was
* reached.
+ * @NL80211_CMD_SET_CHANNEL: Set the channel (using %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ
+ * and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE) the given interface (identifed
+ * by %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX) shall operate on.
+ * In case multiple channels are supported by the device, the mechanism
+ * with which it switches channels is implementation-defined.
+ * When a monitor interface is given, it can only switch channel while
+ * no other interfaces are operating to avoid disturbing the operation
+ * of any other interfaces, and other interfaces will again take
+ * precedence when they are used.
*
* @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
* @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -428,6 +439,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
NL80211_CMD_SET_CQM,
NL80211_CMD_NOTIFY_CQM,
+ NL80211_CMD_SET_CHANNEL,
+
/* add new commands above here */
/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */