This patch adds new NL80211_CMD_SET_WIPHY attributes
NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ and NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SEC_CHAN_OFFSET to allow
userspace to set the operating channel (e.g., hostapd for AP mode).
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Index: wireless-testing/include/linux/nl80211.h
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/include/linux/nl80211.h 2008-11-26 15:15:31.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/include/linux/nl80211.h 2008-11-26 15:16:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
* @NL80211_CMD_GET_WIPHY: request information about a wiphy or dump request
* to get a list of all present wiphys.
* @NL80211_CMD_SET_WIPHY: set wiphy parameters, needs %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY or
- * %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX; can be used to set %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME
- * and/or %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TXQ_PARAMS.
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX; can be used to set %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME,
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TXQ_PARAMS, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ, and/or
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SEC_CHAN_OFFSET.
* @NL80211_CMD_NEW_WIPHY: Newly created wiphy, response to get request
* or rename notification. Has attributes %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY and
* %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME.
@@ -180,6 +181,14 @@
* /sys/class/ieee80211/<phyname>/index
* @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME: wiphy name (used for renaming)
* @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TXQ_PARAMS: a nested array of TX queue parameters
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ: frequency of the selected channel in MHz
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SEC_CHAN_OFFSET: included with NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ
+ * if HT20 or HT40 are allowed (i.e., 802.11n disabled if not included):
+ * NL80211_SEC_CHAN_NO_HT = HT not allowed (i.e., same as not including
+ * this attribute)
+ * NL80211_SEC_CHAN_DISABLED = HT20 only
+ * NL80211_SEC_CHAN_BELOW = secondary channel is below the primary channel
+ * NL80211_SEC_CHAN_ABOVE = secondary channel is above the primary channel
*
* @NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX: network interface index of the device to operate on
* @NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME: network interface name
@@ -315,6 +324,8 @@
NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES,
NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TXQ_PARAMS,
+ NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ,
+ NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SEC_CHAN_OFFSET,
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
@@ -329,6 +340,8 @@
#define NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY
#define NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES
#define NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TXQ_PARAMS NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TXQ_PARAMS
+#define NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ
+#define NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SEC_CHAN_OFFSET NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SEC_CHAN_OFFSET
#define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES 32
#define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_REG_RULES 32
@@ -742,4 +755,10 @@
NL80211_TXQ_Q_BK
};
+enum nl80211_sec_chan_offset {
+ NL80211_SEC_CHAN_NO_HT /* No HT */,
+ NL80211_SEC_CHAN_DISABLED /* HT20 only */,
+ NL80211_SEC_CHAN_BELOW /* HT40- */,
+ NL80211_SEC_CHAN_ABOVE /* HT40+ */
+};
#endif /* __LINUX_NL80211_H */
Index: wireless-testing/include/net/cfg80211.h
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/include/net/cfg80211.h 2008-11-26 15:15:31.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/include/net/cfg80211.h 2008-11-26 15:29:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@
/* from net/wireless.h */
struct wiphy;
+/* from net/ieee80211.h */
+struct ieee80211_channel;
+
/**
* struct cfg80211_ops - backend description for wireless configuration
*
@@ -450,6 +453,8 @@
* @change_bss: Modify parameters for a given BSS.
*
* @set_txq_params: Set TX queue parameters
+ *
+ * @set_channel: Set channel
*/
struct cfg80211_ops {
int (*add_virtual_intf)(struct wiphy *wiphy, char *name,
@@ -513,6 +518,10 @@
int (*set_txq_params)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct ieee80211_txq_params *params);
+
+ int (*set_channel)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ struct ieee80211_channel *chan,
+ enum nl80211_sec_chan_offset);
};
#endif /* __NET_CFG80211_H */
Index: wireless-testing/net/mac80211/cfg.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2008-11-26 15:15:31.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2008-11-26 15:19:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -1095,6 +1095,18 @@
return 0;
}
+static int ieee80211_set_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+ struct ieee80211_channel *chan,
+ enum nl80211_sec_chan_offset sec_chan_offset)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_local *local = wiphy_priv(wiphy);
+
+ local->oper_channel = chan;
+ local->oper_sec_chan_offset = sec_chan_offset;
+
+ return ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL);
+}
+
struct cfg80211_ops mac80211_config_ops = {
.add_virtual_intf = ieee80211_add_iface,
.del_virtual_intf = ieee80211_del_iface,
@@ -1122,4 +1134,5 @@
#endif
.change_bss = ieee80211_change_bss,
.set_txq_params = ieee80211_set_txq_params,
+ .set_channel = ieee80211_set_channel,
};
Index: wireless-testing/net/wireless/nl80211.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/net/wireless/nl80211.c 2008-11-26 15:15:31.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/net/wireless/nl80211.c 2008-11-26 15:31:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME] = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
.len = BUS_ID_SIZE-1 },
[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TXQ_PARAMS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SEC_CHAN_OFFSET] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
[NL80211_ATTR_IFTYPE] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
[NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
@@ -359,6 +361,61 @@
}
}
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ]) {
+ enum nl80211_sec_chan_offset sec_chan_offset =
+ NL80211_SEC_CHAN_NO_HT;
+ struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
+ u32 freq, sec_freq;
+
+ if (!rdev->ops->set_channel) {
+ result = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ goto bad_res;
+ }
+
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SEC_CHAN_OFFSET]) {
+ sec_chan_offset = nla_get_u32(
+ info->attrs[
+ NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SEC_CHAN_OFFSET]);
+ if (sec_chan_offset != NL80211_SEC_CHAN_NO_HT &&
+ sec_chan_offset != NL80211_SEC_CHAN_DISABLED &&
+ sec_chan_offset != NL80211_SEC_CHAN_BELOW &&
+ sec_chan_offset != NL80211_SEC_CHAN_ABOVE) {
+ result = -EINVAL;
+ goto bad_res;
+ }
+ }
+
+ freq = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ]);
+ chan = ieee80211_get_channel(&rdev->wiphy, freq);
+ if (!chan || chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED) {
+ /* Primary channel not allowed */
+ result = -EINVAL;
+ goto bad_res;
+ }
+ if (sec_chan_offset == NL80211_SEC_CHAN_BELOW)
+ sec_freq = freq - 20;
+ else if (sec_chan_offset == NL80211_SEC_CHAN_ABOVE)
+ sec_freq = freq + 20;
+ else
+ sec_freq = 0;
+
+ if (sec_freq) {
+ struct ieee80211_channel *schan;
+ schan = ieee80211_get_channel(&rdev->wiphy, sec_freq);
+ if (!schan || schan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED) {
+ /* Secondary channel not allowed */
+ result = -EINVAL;
+ goto bad_res;
+ }
+ }
+
+ result = rdev->ops->set_channel(&rdev->wiphy, chan,
+ sec_chan_offset);
+ if (result)
+ goto bad_res;
+ }
+
+
bad_res:
cfg80211_put_dev(rdev);
return result;
Index: wireless-testing/include/net/mac80211.h
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/include/net/mac80211.h 2008-11-26 15:15:31.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/include/net/mac80211.h 2008-11-26 15:15:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -507,6 +507,9 @@
struct ieee80211_ht_conf {
bool enabled;
+ int sec_chan_offset; /* 0 = HT40 disabled; -1 = HT40 enabled, secondary
+ * channel below primary; 1 = HT40 enabled,
+ * secondary channel above primary */
};
/**
Index: wireless-testing/net/mac80211/util.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/util.c 2008-11-26 15:15:31.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/util.c 2008-11-26 15:20:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@
chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS)
return ret;
local->oper_channel = chan;
+ local->oper_sec_chan_offset = NL80211_SEC_CHAN_NO_HT;
if (local->sw_scanning || local->hw_scanning)
ret = 0;
Index: wireless-testing/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h 2008-11-26 15:15:31.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h 2008-11-26 15:20:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@
struct delayed_work scan_work;
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *scan_sdata;
struct ieee80211_channel *oper_channel, *scan_channel;
+ enum nl80211_sec_chan_offset oper_sec_chan_offset;
u8 scan_ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN];
size_t scan_ssid_len;
struct list_head bss_list;
Index: wireless-testing/net/mac80211/main.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/main.c 2008-11-26 15:15:31.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/main.c 2008-11-26 15:29:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -195,20 +195,42 @@
struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
int ret = 0;
int power;
+ enum nl80211_sec_chan_offset sec_chan_offset;
might_sleep();
- if (local->sw_scanning)
+ if (local->sw_scanning) {
chan = local->scan_channel;
- else
+ sec_chan_offset = NL80211_SEC_CHAN_NO_HT;
+ } else {
chan = local->oper_channel;
+ sec_chan_offset = local->oper_sec_chan_offset;
+ }
- if (chan != local->hw.conf.channel) {
+ if (chan != local->hw.conf.channel ||
+ sec_chan_offset != local->hw.conf.ht.sec_chan_offset) {
local->hw.conf.channel = chan;
+ switch (sec_chan_offset) {
+ case NL80211_SEC_CHAN_NO_HT:
+ local->hw.conf.ht.enabled = false;
+ local->hw.conf.ht.sec_chan_offset = 0;
+ break;
+ case NL80211_SEC_CHAN_DISABLED:
+ local->hw.conf.ht.enabled = true;
+ local->hw.conf.ht.sec_chan_offset = 0;
+ break;
+ case NL80211_SEC_CHAN_BELOW:
+ local->hw.conf.ht.enabled = true;
+ local->hw.conf.ht.sec_chan_offset = -1;
+ break;
+ case NL80211_SEC_CHAN_ABOVE:
+ local->hw.conf.ht.enabled = true;
+ local->hw.conf.ht.sec_chan_offset = 1;
+ break;
+ }
changed |= IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_CHANNEL;
}
-
if (!local->hw.conf.power_level)
power = chan->max_power;
else
--
Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA
--
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
