This patch adds new nl80211 attribute that helps the user space
application to specify the rate for management frame transmission.
Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/nl80211.h | 4 ++++
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 460b12a..2666b23 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -919,6 +919,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* rates based on negotiated supported rates information. This attribute
* is used with %NL80211_CMD_SET_TX_BITRATE_MASK.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_TX_MGMT_RATE: User requested rate that used to
+ * tranmit management frames
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_MATCH: A binary attribute which typically must contain
* at least one byte, currently used with @NL80211_CMD_REGISTER_FRAME.
* @NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_TYPE: A u16 indicating the frame type/subtype for the
@@ -1222,6 +1225,7 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS,
NL80211_ATTR_TX_RATES,
+ NL80211_ATTR_TX_MGMT_RATE,
NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_MATCH,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 3c6427a..a4ab044 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] = {
[NL80211_ATTR_DURATION] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
[NL80211_ATTR_COOKIE] = { .type = NLA_U64 },
[NL80211_ATTR_TX_RATES] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_TX_MGMT_RATE] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
.len = IEEE80211_MAX_DATA_LEN },
[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_MATCH] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, },
--
1.7.6.3
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