* @NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE: association request and notification; like
* NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE but for Association and Reassociation
* (similar to MLME-ASSOCIATE.request, MLME-REASSOCIATE.request,
- * MLME-ASSOCIATE.confirm or MLME-REASSOCIATE.confirm primitives).
+ * MLME-ASSOCIATE.confirm or MLME-REASSOCIATE.confirm primitives). The
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID attribute is used to specify whether the
+ * request is for the initial association to an ESS (that attribute not
+ * included) or for reassociation within the ESS (that attribute is
+ * included).
* @NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE: deauthentication request and notification; like
* NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE but for Deauthentication frames (similar to
* MLME-DEAUTHENTICATION.request and MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.indication
* set of BSSID,frequency parameters is used (i.e., either the enforcing
* %NL80211_ATTR_MAC,%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ or the less strict
* %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT).
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID can be used to request a reassociation within
+ * the ESS in case the device is already associated and an association with
+ * a different BSS is desired.
* Background scan period can optionally be
* specified in %NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD,
* if not specified default background scan configuration
* @NL80211_ATTR_RESP_IE: (Re)association response information elements as
* sent by peer, for ROAM and successful CONNECT events.
*
- * @NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID: previous BSSID, to be used by in ASSOCIATE
- * commands to specify using a reassociate frame
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID: previous BSSID, to be used in ASSOCIATE and CONNECT
+ * commands to specify a request to reassociate within an ESS, i.e., to use
+ * Reassociate Request frame (with the value of this attribute in the
+ * Current AP address field) instead of Association Request frame which is
+ * used for the initial association to an ESS.
*
* @NL80211_ATTR_KEY: key information in a nested attribute with
* %NL80211_KEY_* sub-attributes
* @NL80211_ATTR_STA_SUPPORT_P2P_PS: whether P2P PS mechanism supported
* or not. u8, one of the values of &enum nl80211_sta_p2p_ps_status
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_PAD: attribute used for padding for 64-bit alignment
+ *
* @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
NL80211_ATTR_STA_SUPPORT_P2P_PS,
+ NL80211_ATTR_PAD,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
* TID+1 and the special TID 16 (i.e. value 17) is used for non-QoS frames;
* each one of those is again nested with &enum nl80211_tid_stats
* attributes carrying the actual values.
+ * @NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_DURATION: aggregate PPDU duration for all frames
+ * received from the station (u64, usec)
* @__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST: internal
* @NL80211_STA_INFO_MAX: highest possible station info attribute
*/
NL80211_STA_INFO_BEACON_RX,
NL80211_STA_INFO_BEACON_SIGNAL_AVG,
NL80211_STA_INFO_TID_STATS,
+ NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_DURATION,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST,
* transmitting data (on channel or globally)
* @NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_TIME_SCAN: time the radio spent for scan
* (on this channel or globally)
+ * @NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_PAD: attribute used for padding for 64-bit alignment
* @NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_MAX: highest survey info attribute number
* currently defined
* @__NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_AFTER_LAST: internal use
NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_TIME_RX,
NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_TIME_TX,
NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_TIME_SCAN,
+ NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_PAD,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_SURVEY_INFO_AFTER_LAST,
* @NL80211_BSS_LAST_SEEN_BOOTTIME: CLOCK_BOOTTIME timestamp when this entry
* was last updated by a received frame. The value is expected to be
* accurate to about 10ms. (u64, nanoseconds)
+ * @NL80211_BSS_PAD: attribute used for padding for 64-bit alignment
* @__NL80211_BSS_AFTER_LAST: internal
* @NL80211_BSS_MAX: highest BSS attribute
*/
NL80211_BSS_BEACON_TSF,
NL80211_BSS_PRESP_DATA,
NL80211_BSS_LAST_SEEN_BOOTTIME,
+ NL80211_BSS_PAD,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_BSS_AFTER_LAST,
* @NL80211_BAND_2GHZ: 2.4 GHz ISM band
* @NL80211_BAND_5GHZ: around 5 GHz band (4.9 - 5.7 GHz)
* @NL80211_BAND_60GHZ: around 60 GHz band (58.32 - 64.80 GHz)
+ * @NUM_NL80211_BANDS: number of bands, avoid using this in userspace
+ * since newer kernel versions may support more bands
*/
enum nl80211_band {
NL80211_BAND_2GHZ,
NL80211_BAND_5GHZ,
NL80211_BAND_60GHZ,
+
+ NUM_NL80211_BANDS,
};
/**