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cfg80211/nl80211: add interval attribute for scheduled scans

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Introduce NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_INTERVAL as a required attribute for
NL80211_CMD_START_SCHED_SCAN.  This value informs the driver at which
intervals the scheduled scan cycles should be executed.

Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Luciano Coelho
2011-05-11 17:09:37 +03:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 79f460ca49
commit bbe6ad6dcb
3 changed files with 28 additions and 9 deletions
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include/linux/nl80211.h
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@ -203,15 +203,17 @@
* @NL80211_CMD_SCAN_ABORTED: scan was aborted, for unspecified reasons,
* partial scan results may be available
*
* @NL80211_CMD_START_SCHED_SCAN: start a scheduled scan. Like with normal
* scans, if SSIDs (%NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_SSIDS) are passed, they are used
* in the probe requests. For broadcast, a broadcast SSID must be
* passed (ie. an empty string). If no SSID is passed, no probe
* requests are sent and a passive scan is performed.
* %NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FREQUENCIES, 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.
* @NL80211_CMD_START_SCHED_SCAN: start a scheduled scan at certain
* intervals, as specified by %NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_INTERVAL.
* Like with normal scans, if SSIDs (%NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_SSIDS)
* are passed, they are used in the probe requests. For
* broadcast, a broadcast SSID must be passed (ie. an empty
* string). If no SSID is passed, no probe requests are sent and
* a passive scan is performed. %NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FREQUENCIES,
* 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.
* @NL80211_CMD_STOP_SCHED_SCAN: stop a scheduled scan
* @NL80211_CMD_SCHED_SCAN_RESULTS: indicates that there are scheduled scan
* results available.
@ -948,6 +950,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* indicate which WoW triggers should be enabled. This is also
* used by %NL80211_CMD_GET_WOWLAN to get the currently enabled WoWLAN
* triggers.
* @NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_INTERVAL: Interval between scheduled scan
* cycles, in msecs.
*
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@ -1142,6 +1147,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_WOWLAN_TRIGGERS,
NL80211_ATTR_WOWLAN_TRIGGERS_SUPPORTED,
NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_INTERVAL,
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,