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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/nl80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/nl80211.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h index fb877b5621b7..17c5c8849250 100644 --- a/include/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h @@ -804,6 +804,28 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * @NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_IBSS_RSN: The device supports IBSS RSN, which mostly * means support for per-station GTKs. * + * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX: Bitmap of allowed antennas for transmitting. + * This can be used to mask out antennas which are not attached or should + * not be used for transmitting. If an antenna is not selected in this + * bitmap the hardware is not allowed to transmit on this antenna. + * + * Each bit represents one antenna, starting with antenna 1 at the first + * bit. Depending on which antennas are selected in the bitmap, 802.11n + * drivers can derive which chainmasks to use (if all antennas belonging to + * a particular chain are disabled this chain should be disabled) and if + * a chain has diversity antennas wether diversity should be used or not. + * HT capabilities (STBC, TX Beamforming, Antenna selection) can be + * derived from the available chains after applying the antenna mask. + * Non-802.11n drivers can derive wether to use diversity or not. + * Drivers may reject configurations or RX/TX mask combinations they cannot + * support by returning -EINVAL. + * + * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX: Bitmap of allowed antennas for receiving. + * This can be used to mask out antennas which are not attached or should + * not be used for receiving. If an antenna is not selected in this bitmap + * the hardware should not be configured to receive on this antenna. + * For a more detailed descripton see @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX. + * * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use */ @@ -973,6 +995,9 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_IBSS_RSN, + NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX, + NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, |