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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 68b294e83944..241220c43e86 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@
*
*/
+/*
+ * This header file defines the userspace API to the wireless stack. Please
+ * be careful not to break things - i.e. don't move anything around or so
+ * unless you can demonstrate that it breaks neither API nor ABI.
+ *
+ * Additions to the API should be accompanied by actual implementations in
+ * an upstream driver, so that example implementations exist in case there
+ * are ever concerns about the precise semantics of the API or changes are
+ * needed, and to ensure that code for dead (no longer implemented) API
+ * can actually be identified and removed.
+ * Nonetheless, semantics should also be documented carefully in this file.
+ */
+
#include <linux/types.h>
#define NL80211_GENL_NAME "nl80211"
@@ -1684,6 +1697,10 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* If set during scheduled scan start then the new scan req will be
* owned by the netlink socket that created it and the scheduled scan will
* be stopped when the socket is closed.
+ * If set during configuration of regulatory indoor operation then the
+ * regulatory indoor configuration would be owned by the netlink socket
+ * that configured the indoor setting, and the indoor operation would be
+ * cleared when the socket is closed.
*
* @NL80211_ATTR_TDLS_INITIATOR: flag attribute indicating the current end is
* the TDLS link initiator.
@@ -1737,8 +1754,12 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* should be contained in the result as the sum of the respective counters
* over all channels.
*
- * @NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY: delay before a scheduled scan (or a
- * WoWLAN net-detect scan) is started, u32 in seconds.
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY: delay before the first cycle of a
+ * scheduled scan (or a WoWLAN net-detect scan) is started, u32
+ * in seconds.
+
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_REG_INDOOR: flag attribute, if set indicates that the device
+ * is operating in an indoor environment.
*
* @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
@@ -2107,6 +2128,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY,
+ NL80211_ATTR_REG_INDOOR,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -3092,7 +3115,8 @@ enum nl80211_mesh_power_mode {
*
* @NL80211_MESHCONF_PLINK_TIMEOUT: If no tx activity is seen from a STA we've
* established peering with for longer than this time (in seconds), then
- * remove it from the STA's list of peers. Default is 30 minutes.
+ * remove it from the STA's list of peers. You may set this to 0 to disable
+ * the removal of the STA. Default is 30 minutes.
*
* @__NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -3694,6 +3718,8 @@ struct nl80211_pattern_support {
* @NL80211_WOWLAN_TRIG_ANY: wake up on any activity, do not really put
* the chip into a special state -- works best with chips that have
* support for low-power operation already (flag)
+ * Note that this mode is incompatible with all of the others, if
+ * any others are even supported by the device.
* @NL80211_WOWLAN_TRIG_DISCONNECT: wake up on disconnect, the way disconnect
* is detected is implementation-specific (flag)
* @NL80211_WOWLAN_TRIG_MAGIC_PKT: wake up on magic packet (6x 0xff, followed
@@ -4327,11 +4353,13 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
/**
* enum nl80211_ext_feature_index - bit index of extended features.
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_IBSS: This driver supports IBSS with VHT datarates.
*
* @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features.
* @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index.
*/
enum nl80211_ext_feature_index {
+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_IBSS,
/* add new features before the definition below */
NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,