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authorJonathan Doron <jond@wizery.com>2014-12-15 19:26:00 +0200
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2014-12-17 11:49:55 +0100
commitb0d7aa59592b4270531de5ce65dcf18338a2d98c (patch)
tree85d54dba5117fedd4d5b605be70ddbf8451d7838 /include/net/cfg80211.h
parentad30ca2c03cecfb1b0749874bdceead269542de6 (diff)
downloadlinux-b0d7aa59592b4270531de5ce65dcf18338a2d98c.tar.bz2
cfg80211: allow wiphy specific regdomain management
Add a new regulatory flag that allows a driver to manage regdomain changes/updates for its own wiphy. A self-managed wiphys only employs regulatory information obtained from the FW and driver and does not use other cfg80211 sources like beacon-hints, country-code IEs and hints from other devices on the same system. Conversely, a self-managed wiphy does not share its regulatory hints with other devices in the system. If a system contains several devices, one or more of which are self-managed, there might be contradictory regulatory settings between them. Usage of flag is generally discouraged. Only use it if the FW/driver is incompatible with non-locally originated hints. A new API lets the driver send a complete regdomain, to be applied on its wiphy only. After a wiphy-specific regdomain change takes place, usermode will get a new type of change notification. The regulatory core also takes care enforce regulatory restrictions, in case some interfaces are on forbidden channels. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Doron <jonathanx.doron@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arikx.nemtsov@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/cfg80211.h')
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diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 4ebb816241fa..4bc1fc9971a5 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -3808,6 +3808,20 @@ const u8 *cfg80211_find_vendor_ie(unsigned int oui, u8 oui_type,
int regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *alpha2);
/**
+ * regulatory_set_wiphy_regd - set regdom info for self managed drivers
+ * @wiphy: the wireless device we want to process the regulatory domain on
+ * @rd: the regulatory domain informatoin to use for this wiphy
+ *
+ * Set the regulatory domain information for self-managed wiphys, only they
+ * may use this function. See %REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED for more
+ * information.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success. -EINVAL, -EPERM
+ */
+int regulatory_set_wiphy_regd(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd);
+
+/**
* wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory - apply a custom driver regulatory domain
* @wiphy: the wireless device we want to process the regulatory domain on
* @regd: the custom regulatory domain to use for this wiphy