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Re: [RFC 1/2] cfg80211: advertise extended capabilities to userspace

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Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> In many cases, userspace may need to know which of the
> extended capabilities are implemented in the driver or
> device, to include them e.g. in beacons, association
> request/response or other frames. Add a new nl80211
> attribute that holds the extended capabilities bitmap
> supported by the driver/device for this.

[...]

> + * @extended_capabilities: extended capabilities supported by the driver,
> + *	additional capabilities might be supported by userspace
> + * @extended_capabilities_len: length of the extended capabilities

FWIW, when I first looked at the patch I wasn't sure if you were
referring to 802.11 or nl80211 capabilities. I assumed the former. But
clarifying that in the documentation would be good.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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