Commit 90c97a04 authored by Jouni Malinen's avatar Jouni Malinen Committed by John W. Linville
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nl80211: Add basic rate configuration for AP mode 



Add a new attribute, NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES, that can be used with
NL80211_CMD_SET_BSS for userspace (e.g., hostapd) to set which rates are
in the basic rate set.

Signed-off-by: default avatarJouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Acked-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
parent fe63bfa3

include/linux/nl80211.h

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@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands { 
 *	(u8, 0 or 1)

 * @NL80211_ATTR_BSS_SHORT_SLOT_TIME: whether short slot time enabled

 *	(u8, 0 or 1)

 * @NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES: basic rates, array of basic

 *	rates in format defined by IEEE 802.11 7.3.2.2 but without the length

 *	restriction (at most %NL80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES).

 *

 * @NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY: HT Capability information element (from

 *	association request when used with NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION)
@@ -307,6 +310,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { 


	NL80211_ATTR_MESH_PARAMS,



	NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES,



	/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */



	__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -318,6 +323,7 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { 
 * here

 */

#define NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY

#define NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES



#define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES			32

#define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_REG_RULES		32

include/net/cfg80211.h

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@@ -280,11 +280,16 @@ struct mpath_info { 
 *	(0 = no, 1 = yes, -1 = do not change)

 * @use_short_slot_time: Whether the use of short slot time is allowed

 *	(0 = no, 1 = yes, -1 = do not change)

 * @basic_rates: basic rates in IEEE 802.11 format

 *	(or NULL for no change)

 * @basic_rates_len: number of basic rates

 */

struct bss_parameters {

	int use_cts_prot;

	int use_short_preamble;

	int use_short_slot_time;

	u8 *basic_rates;

	u8 basic_rates_len;

};



/**

net/mac80211/cfg.c

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@@ -1046,6 +1046,24 @@ static int ieee80211_change_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy, 
		changed |= BSS_CHANGED_ERP_SLOT;

	}



	if (params->basic_rates) {

		int i, j;

		u32 rates = 0;

		struct ieee80211_local *local = wiphy_priv(wiphy);

		struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband =

			wiphy->bands[local->oper_channel->band];



		for (i = 0; i < params->basic_rates_len; i++) {

			int rate = (params->basic_rates[i] & 0x7f) * 5;

			for (j = 0; j < sband->n_bitrates; j++) {

				if (sband->bitrates[j].bitrate == rate)

					rates |= BIT(j);

			}

		}

		sdata->vif.bss_conf.basic_rates = rates;

		changed |= BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES;

	}



	ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);



	return 0;

net/wireless/nl80211.c

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@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ static struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] __read_mostly = { 
	[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_CTS_PROT] = { .type = NLA_U8 },

	[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_SHORT_PREAMBLE] = { .type = NLA_U8 },

	[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_SHORT_SLOT_TIME] = { .type = NLA_U8 },

	[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,

					   .len = NL80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES },



	[NL80211_ATTR_MESH_PARAMS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
@@ -1613,6 +1615,12 @@ static int nl80211_set_bss(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) 
	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_SHORT_SLOT_TIME])

		params.use_short_slot_time =

		    nla_get_u8(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_SHORT_SLOT_TIME]);

	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES]) {

		params.basic_rates =

			nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES]);

		params.basic_rates_len =

			nla_len(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES]);

	}



	err = get_drv_dev_by_info_ifindex(info->attrs, &drv, &dev);

	if (err)

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