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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 199 |
1 files changed, 179 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index 861e5eba3953..fde2c021b26d 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -126,6 +126,31 @@ */ /** + * DOC: packet coalesce support + * + * In most cases, host that receives IPv4 and IPv6 multicast/broadcast + * packets does not do anything with these packets. Therefore the + * reception of these unwanted packets causes unnecessary processing + * and power consumption. + * + * Packet coalesce feature helps to reduce number of received interrupts + * to host by buffering these packets in firmware/hardware for some + * predefined time. Received interrupt will be generated when one of the + * following events occur. + * a) Expiration of hardware timer whose expiration time is set to maximum + * coalescing delay of matching coalesce rule. + * b) Coalescing buffer in hardware reaches it's limit. + * c) Packet doesn't match any of the configured coalesce rules. + * + * User needs to configure following parameters for creating a coalesce + * rule. + * a) Maximum coalescing delay + * b) List of packet patterns which needs to be matched + * c) Condition for coalescence. pattern 'match' or 'no match' + * Multiple such rules can be created. + */ + +/** * enum nl80211_commands - supported nl80211 commands * * @NL80211_CMD_UNSPEC: unspecified command to catch errors @@ -648,6 +673,19 @@ * @NL80211_CMD_CRIT_PROTOCOL_STOP: Indicates the connection reliability can * return back to normal. * + * @NL80211_CMD_GET_COALESCE: Get currently supported coalesce rules. + * @NL80211_CMD_SET_COALESCE: Configure coalesce rules or clear existing rules. + * + * @NL80211_CMD_CHANNEL_SWITCH: Perform a channel switch by announcing the + * the new channel information (Channel Switch Announcement - CSA) + * in the beacon for some time (as defined in the + * %NL80211_ATTR_CH_SWITCH_COUNT parameter) and then change to the + * new channel. Userspace provides the new channel information (using + * %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ and the attributes determining channel + * width). %NL80211_ATTR_CH_SWITCH_BLOCK_TX may be supplied to inform + * other station that transmission must be blocked until the channel + * switch is complete. + * * @NL80211_CMD_MAX: highest used command number * @__NL80211_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -810,6 +848,11 @@ enum nl80211_commands { NL80211_CMD_CRIT_PROTOCOL_START, NL80211_CMD_CRIT_PROTOCOL_STOP, + NL80211_CMD_GET_COALESCE, + NL80211_CMD_SET_COALESCE, + + NL80211_CMD_CHANNEL_SWITCH, + /* add new commands above here */ /* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */ @@ -1436,6 +1479,23 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * allowed to be used with the first @NL80211_CMD_SET_STATION command to * update a TDLS peer STA entry. * + * @NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE: Coalesce rule information. + * + * @NL80211_ATTR_CH_SWITCH_COUNT: u32 attribute specifying the number of TBTT's + * until the channel switch event. + * @NL80211_ATTR_CH_SWITCH_BLOCK_TX: flag attribute specifying that transmission + * must be blocked on the current channel (before the channel switch + * operation). + * @NL80211_ATTR_CSA_IES: Nested set of attributes containing the IE information + * for the time while performing a channel switch. + * @NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFF_BEACON: Offset of the channel switch counter + * field in the beacons tail (%NL80211_ATTR_BEACON_TAIL). + * @NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFF_PRESP: Offset of the channel switch counter + * field in the probe response (%NL80211_ATTR_PROBE_RESP). + * + * @NL80211_ATTR_RXMGMT_FLAGS: flags for nl80211_send_mgmt(), u32. + * As specified in the &enum nl80211_rxmgmt_flags. + * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -1736,6 +1796,16 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_PEER_AID, + NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE, + + NL80211_ATTR_CH_SWITCH_COUNT, + NL80211_ATTR_CH_SWITCH_BLOCK_TX, + NL80211_ATTR_CSA_IES, + NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFF_BEACON, + NL80211_ATTR_CSA_C_OFF_PRESP, + + NL80211_ATTR_RXMGMT_FLAGS, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, @@ -2773,6 +2843,21 @@ enum nl80211_chan_width { }; /** + * enum nl80211_bss_scan_width - control channel width for a BSS + * + * These values are used with the %NL80211_BSS_CHAN_WIDTH attribute. + * + * @NL80211_BSS_CHAN_WIDTH_20: control channel is 20 MHz wide or compatible + * @NL80211_BSS_CHAN_WIDTH_10: control channel is 10 MHz wide + * @NL80211_BSS_CHAN_WIDTH_5: control channel is 5 MHz wide + */ +enum nl80211_bss_scan_width { + NL80211_BSS_CHAN_WIDTH_20, + NL80211_BSS_CHAN_WIDTH_10, + NL80211_BSS_CHAN_WIDTH_5, +}; + +/** * enum nl80211_bss - netlink attributes for a BSS * * @__NL80211_BSS_INVALID: invalid @@ -2796,6 +2881,8 @@ enum nl80211_chan_width { * @NL80211_BSS_BEACON_IES: binary attribute containing the raw information * elements from a Beacon frame (bin); not present if no Beacon frame has * yet been received + * @NL80211_BSS_CHAN_WIDTH: channel width of the control channel + * (u32, enum nl80211_bss_scan_width) * @__NL80211_BSS_AFTER_LAST: internal * @NL80211_BSS_MAX: highest BSS attribute */ @@ -2812,6 +2899,7 @@ enum nl80211_bss { NL80211_BSS_STATUS, NL80211_BSS_SEEN_MS_AGO, NL80211_BSS_BEACON_IES, + NL80211_BSS_CHAN_WIDTH, /* keep last */ __NL80211_BSS_AFTER_LAST, @@ -3060,11 +3148,11 @@ enum nl80211_tx_power_setting { }; /** - * enum nl80211_wowlan_packet_pattern_attr - WoWLAN packet pattern attribute - * @__NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_INVALID: invalid number for nested attribute - * @NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_PATTERN: the pattern, values where the mask has + * enum nl80211_packet_pattern_attr - packet pattern attribute + * @__NL80211_PKTPAT_INVALID: invalid number for nested attribute + * @NL80211_PKTPAT_PATTERN: the pattern, values where the mask has * a zero bit are ignored - * @NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_MASK: pattern mask, must be long enough to have + * @NL80211_PKTPAT_MASK: pattern mask, must be long enough to have * a bit for each byte in the pattern. The lowest-order bit corresponds * to the first byte of the pattern, but the bytes of the pattern are * in a little-endian-like format, i.e. the 9th byte of the pattern @@ -3075,39 +3163,50 @@ enum nl80211_tx_power_setting { * Note that the pattern matching is done as though frames were not * 802.11 frames but 802.3 frames, i.e. the frame is fully unpacked * first (including SNAP header unpacking) and then matched. - * @NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_OFFSET: packet offset, pattern is matched after + * @NL80211_PKTPAT_OFFSET: packet offset, pattern is matched after * these fixed number of bytes of received packet - * @NUM_NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT: number of attributes - * @MAX_NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT: max attribute number + * @NUM_NL80211_PKTPAT: number of attributes + * @MAX_NL80211_PKTPAT: max attribute number */ -enum nl80211_wowlan_packet_pattern_attr { - __NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_INVALID, - NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_MASK, - NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_PATTERN, - NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_OFFSET, +enum nl80211_packet_pattern_attr { + __NL80211_PKTPAT_INVALID, + NL80211_PKTPAT_MASK, + NL80211_PKTPAT_PATTERN, + NL80211_PKTPAT_OFFSET, - NUM_NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT, - MAX_NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT = NUM_NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT - 1, + NUM_NL80211_PKTPAT, + MAX_NL80211_PKTPAT = NUM_NL80211_PKTPAT - 1, }; /** - * struct nl80211_wowlan_pattern_support - pattern support information + * struct nl80211_pattern_support - packet pattern support information * @max_patterns: maximum number of patterns supported * @min_pattern_len: minimum length of each pattern * @max_pattern_len: maximum length of each pattern * @max_pkt_offset: maximum Rx packet offset * * This struct is carried in %NL80211_WOWLAN_TRIG_PKT_PATTERN when - * that is part of %NL80211_ATTR_WOWLAN_TRIGGERS_SUPPORTED in the - * capability information given by the kernel to userspace. + * that is part of %NL80211_ATTR_WOWLAN_TRIGGERS_SUPPORTED or in + * %NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE_PKT_PATTERN when that is part of + * %NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE in the capability information given + * by the kernel to userspace. */ -struct nl80211_wowlan_pattern_support { +struct nl80211_pattern_support { __u32 max_patterns; __u32 min_pattern_len; __u32 max_pattern_len; __u32 max_pkt_offset; } __attribute__((packed)); +/* only for backward compatibility */ +#define __NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_INVALID __NL80211_PKTPAT_INVALID +#define NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_MASK NL80211_PKTPAT_MASK +#define NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_PATTERN NL80211_PKTPAT_PATTERN +#define NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_OFFSET NL80211_PKTPAT_OFFSET +#define NUM_NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT NUM_NL80211_PKTPAT +#define MAX_NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT MAX_NL80211_PKTPAT +#define nl80211_wowlan_pattern_support nl80211_pattern_support + /** * enum nl80211_wowlan_triggers - WoWLAN trigger definitions * @__NL80211_WOWLAN_TRIG_INVALID: invalid number for nested attributes @@ -3127,7 +3226,7 @@ struct nl80211_wowlan_pattern_support { * pattern matching is done after the packet is converted to the MSDU. * * In %NL80211_ATTR_WOWLAN_TRIGGERS_SUPPORTED, it is a binary attribute - * carrying a &struct nl80211_wowlan_pattern_support. + * carrying a &struct nl80211_pattern_support. * * When reporting wakeup. it is a u32 attribute containing the 0-based * index of the pattern that caused the wakeup, in the patterns passed @@ -3284,7 +3383,7 @@ struct nl80211_wowlan_tcp_data_token_feature { * @NL80211_WOWLAN_TCP_WAKE_PAYLOAD: wake packet payload, for advertising a * u32 attribute holding the maximum length * @NL80211_WOWLAN_TCP_WAKE_MASK: Wake packet payload mask, not used for - * feature advertising. The mask works like @NL80211_WOWLAN_PKTPAT_MASK + * feature advertising. The mask works like @NL80211_PKTPAT_MASK * but on the TCP payload only. * @NUM_NL80211_WOWLAN_TCP: number of TCP attributes * @MAX_NL80211_WOWLAN_TCP: highest attribute number @@ -3309,6 +3408,55 @@ enum nl80211_wowlan_tcp_attrs { }; /** + * struct nl80211_coalesce_rule_support - coalesce rule support information + * @max_rules: maximum number of rules supported + * @pat: packet pattern support information + * @max_delay: maximum supported coalescing delay in msecs + * + * This struct is carried in %NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE in the + * capability information given by the kernel to userspace. + */ +struct nl80211_coalesce_rule_support { + __u32 max_rules; + struct nl80211_pattern_support pat; + __u32 max_delay; +} __attribute__((packed)); + +/** + * enum nl80211_attr_coalesce_rule - coalesce rule attribute + * @__NL80211_COALESCE_RULE_INVALID: invalid number for nested attribute + * @NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE_DELAY: delay in msecs used for packet coalescing + * @NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE_CONDITION: condition for packet coalescence, + * see &enum nl80211_coalesce_condition. + * @NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE_PKT_PATTERN: packet offset, pattern is matched + * after these fixed number of bytes of received packet + * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE: number of attributes + * @NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE_MAX: max attribute number + */ +enum nl80211_attr_coalesce_rule { + __NL80211_COALESCE_RULE_INVALID, + NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE_DELAY, + NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE_CONDITION, + NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE_PKT_PATTERN, + + /* keep last */ + NUM_NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE, + NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE_MAX = NUM_NL80211_ATTR_COALESCE_RULE - 1 +}; + +/** + * enum nl80211_coalesce_condition - coalesce rule conditions + * @NL80211_COALESCE_CONDITION_MATCH: coalaesce Rx packets when patterns + * in a rule are matched. + * @NL80211_COALESCE_CONDITION_NO_MATCH: coalesce Rx packets when patterns + * in a rule are not matched. + */ +enum nl80211_coalesce_condition { + NL80211_COALESCE_CONDITION_MATCH, + NL80211_COALESCE_CONDITION_NO_MATCH +}; + +/** * enum nl80211_iface_limit_attrs - limit attributes * @NL80211_IFACE_LIMIT_UNSPEC: (reserved) * @NL80211_IFACE_LIMIT_MAX: maximum number of interfaces that @@ -3758,4 +3906,15 @@ enum nl80211_crit_proto_id { /* maximum duration for critical protocol measures */ #define NL80211_CRIT_PROTO_MAX_DURATION 5000 /* msec */ +/** + * enum nl80211_rxmgmt_flags - flags for received management frame. + * + * Used by cfg80211_rx_mgmt() + * + * @NL80211_RXMGMT_FLAG_ANSWERED: frame was answered by device/driver. + */ +enum nl80211_rxmgmt_flags { + NL80211_RXMGMT_FLAG_ANSWERED = 1 << 0, +}; + #endif /* __LINUX_NL80211_H */ |