On 24-12-15 13:19, Arend van Spriel wrote: > This patch series adds support for configuration of BSS selection done by > the driver and/or firmware. It allows user-space to pass selection criteria > with the NL80211_CMD_CONNECT using NL80211_ATTR_BSS_SELECT. When user-space > does provide this attribute and no explicit BSSID is provided it will pass > the BSS selection criteria to the driver if the driver supports it. > > When multiple BSS-es are found belonging to the same ESS, ie. Infra-BSS with > same SSID, the criteria can be used to select a BSS. The criteria defined are: > > 1. select BSS in specific band regardless RSSI level. Not really regardless, but band would take precedence. So if there are two BSS-es in the specified band it will still select the one with highest RSSI. > 2. adjust RSSI level for BSS-es in specified band. I defined the attribute as unsigned, but maybe there are scenarios that justify a signed value here. People may prefer using 5G band as it is usually more quiet and channels are further apart. However, range can be limited so people may use a penalty on RSSI, ie. a negative value. Gr. AvS > Open issue: > ----------- > * NL80211_CMD_CONNECT support ATTR_MAC and ATTR_MAC_HINT. When ATTR_MAC is > used BSS selection criteria are ignored. What about ATTR_MAC_HINT? > > Arend van Spriel (2): > nl80211: add extended feature for BSS selection support > brcmfmac: add support for nl80211 BSS_SELECT feature > > drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c | 38 ++++++++++------- > drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h | 1 + > include/net/cfg80211.h | 17 ++++++++ > include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 35 ++++++++++++++++ > net/wireless/nl80211.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++ > 6 files changed, 169 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > -- 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
