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| author | Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com> | 2011-05-11 17:09:37 +0300 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2011-05-11 15:12:27 -0400 |
| commit | bbe6ad6dcb1eb26bd12ec85320f402721c3383ae (patch) | |
| tree | 08e7e3491caa30e22c9c38d9d3a8728a02adc0c5 /include/linux/nl80211.h | |
| parent | 79f460ca49d8d5700756ab7071c951311c7f29cc (diff) | |
| download | lwn-bbe6ad6dcb1eb26bd12ec85320f402721c3383ae.tar.gz lwn-bbe6ad6dcb1eb26bd12ec85320f402721c3383ae.zip | |
cfg80211/nl80211: add interval attribute for scheduled scans
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/nl80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/nl80211.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index f8b5595ba4af..281a2bb6a6ec 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -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, |