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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] nl80211: Add support for EDMG channels

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Alexei Avshalom Lazar <ailizaro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 802.11ay specification defines Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit
> (EDMG) STA and AP which allow channel bonding of 2 channels and more.
> Introduce NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_EDMG_CHANNELS,
> NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_EDMG_BW_CONFIG, NL80211_BAND_ATTR_EDMG_CHANNELS,
> NL80211_BAND_ATTR_EDMG_BW_CONFIG and RATE_INFO_FLAGS_EDMG
> that needed for enabling and configuring EDMG support.
> Driver is expected to report its EDMG capabilities: whether EDMG
> is supported and the supported EDMG channels.
> Bitrate calculation is enhanced to take into account EDMG support
> according to the 802.11ay specification.
> The kernel uses NL80211_BAND_ATTR_EDMG_CHANNELS and
> NL80211_BAND_ATTR_EDMG_BW_CONFIG attributes in order to publish
> the EDMG capabilities to the userspace.
> NL80211_BAND_ATTR_EDMG_CHANNELS is a bitmap field that indicates
> the 2.16 GHz channel(s) that are allowed to be used for transmissions
> in the BSS.
> If NL80211_BAND_ATTR_EDMG_CHANNELS is not set then EDMG not
> supported. NL80211_BAND_ATTR_EDMG_BW_CONFIG represent the allowed
> channel bandwidth configurations.
> NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_EDMG_CHANNELS and NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_EDMG_BW_CONFIG
> will be used by the userspace for AP configuration and connect command.
>
> Change-Id: I534f4a750354a4b0baad28c47dc29afb9cbc36ac

No Change-Id in upstream patches. And please read:

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#signed-off-by_missing

-- 
Kalle Valo



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