On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 05:39:33PM +0200, Ilan Peer wrote: > From: David Spinadel <david.spinadel@xxxxxxxxx> > > The FCC are clarifying some soft configuration requirements, > which among other include the following: > > 1. Indoor operation, where a device can use channels requiring indoor > operation, subject to that it can guarantee indoor operation, > i.e., the device is connected to AC Power or the device is under > the control of a local master that is acting as an AP and is > connected to AC Power. > 2. Concurrent GO operation, where devices may instantiate a P2P GO > while they are under the guidance of an authorized master. For example, > on a channel on which a BSS is connected to an authorized master, i.e., > with DFS and radar detection capability in the UNII band. > > See https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/comments/GetPublishedDocument.html?id=327&tn=528122 > > Add support for advertising Indoor-only and GO-Concurrent channel > properties. > > Signed-off-by: David Spinadel <david.spinadel@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/net/cfg80211.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 8 ++++++++ > net/wireless/nl80211.c | 6 ++++++ > net/wireless/reg.c | 2 ++ > 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h > index 9f90554..5b2f275 100644 > --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h > +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h > @@ -109,6 +109,26 @@ enum ieee80211_band { > * channel as the control or any of the secondary channels. > * This may be due to the driver or due to regulatory bandwidth > * restrictions. > + * @IEEE80211_CHAN_INDOOR_ONLY: Only indoor use is permitted on this channel. > + * A channel marked with IEEE80211_CHAN_INDOOR_ONLY can only be used when > + * there is a clear assessment that the device is operating in an indoor > + * surroundings, i.e., it is connected to AC power (and not through > + * portable DC inverters) or is under the control of a master that is > + * acting as an AP and is connected to AC power. > + * @IEEE80211_CHAN_GO_CONCURRENT: GO operation is allowed on this channel if > + * it's connected concurrently to a BSS on the same channel on the 2 GHz > + * band or to a channel in the same UNII band (on the 5 GHz band), and > + * IEEE80211_CHAN_RADAR is not set > + * Instantiating a GO on a channel marked with IEEE80211_CHAN_GO_CONCURRENT > + * can be done when there is a clear assessment that the device is > + * operating under the guidance of an authorized master, i.e., setting up a > + * GO while the device is also connected to an AP with DFS and radar > + * detection on the UNII band. Would make sense to add here a comment indicating what you mentioned on the other thread about userspace being responsible for this verification. In this case the supplicant (wpa_supplicant). > + * > + * See https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/comments/GetPublishedDocument.html?id=327&tn=528122 > + * for more information on the FCC description of the relaxations allowed > + * by IEEE80211_CHAN_INDOOR_ONLY and IEEE80211_CHAN_GO_CONCURRENT. > + * > */ > enum ieee80211_channel_flags { > IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED = 1<<0, > @@ -120,6 +140,8 @@ enum ieee80211_channel_flags { > IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_OFDM = 1<<6, > IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_80MHZ = 1<<7, > IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_160MHZ = 1<<8, > + IEEE80211_CHAN_INDOOR_ONLY = 1<<9, > + IEEE80211_CHAN_GO_CONCURRENT = 1<<10, > }; > > #define IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_HT40 \ > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h > index a12e6ca..da27ca4 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h > @@ -2329,6 +2329,12 @@ enum nl80211_band_attr { > * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_160MHZ: any 160 MHz (but not 80+80) channel > * using this channel as the primary or any of the secondary channels > * isn't possible > + * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_INDOOR_ONLY: Indoor only use is permitted > + * on this channel in current regulatory domain I'd prefer the more verbose documentation to go here as this is the userspace API. What you can do is on the IEEE80211_CHAN_INDOOR_ONLY documetnation refer for further information to %NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_INDOOR_ONLY. > + * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_GO_CONCURRENT: GO operation is allowed on this > + * channel if it's connected concurrently to a BSS on the same channel on > + * the 2 GHz band or to a channel in the same UNII band (on the 5 GHz > + * band), and NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_RADAR is not set Same here. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
