cfg80211: allow advertising VHT capabilities
Allow drivers to advertise their VHT capabilities
and export them to userspace via nl80211.
Signed-off-by: Mahesh Palivela <maheshp@posedge.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index c0fc5d2..2300327 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1813,6 +1813,9 @@
* @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_CAPA: HT capabilities, as in the HT information IE
* @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_AMPDU_FACTOR: A-MPDU factor, as in 11n
* @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_AMPDU_DENSITY: A-MPDU density, as in 11n
+ * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_MCS_SET: 32-byte attribute containing the MCS set as
+ * defined in 802.11ac
+ * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_CAPA: VHT capabilities, as in the HT information IE
* @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_MAX: highest band attribute currently defined
* @__NL80211_BAND_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -1826,6 +1829,9 @@
NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_AMPDU_FACTOR,
NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_AMPDU_DENSITY,
+ NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_MCS_SET,
+ NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_CAPA,
+
/* keep last */
__NL80211_BAND_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
NL80211_BAND_ATTR_MAX = __NL80211_BAND_ATTR_AFTER_LAST - 1
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 7d3cd3c..1fc89c4 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -211,6 +211,22 @@
};
/**
+ * struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap - STA's VHT capabilities
+ *
+ * This structure describes most essential parameters needed
+ * to describe 802.11ac VHT capabilities for an STA.
+ *
+ * @vht_supported: is VHT supported by the STA
+ * @cap: VHT capabilities map as described in 802.11ac spec
+ * @vht_mcs: Supported VHT MCS rates
+ */
+struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap {
+ bool vht_supported;
+ u32 cap; /* use IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_ */
+ struct ieee80211_vht_mcs_info vht_mcs;
+};
+
+/**
* struct ieee80211_supported_band - frequency band definition
*
* This structure describes a frequency band a wiphy
@@ -233,6 +249,7 @@
int n_channels;
int n_bitrates;
struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap ht_cap;
+ struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap vht_cap;
};
/*
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 067c9fe..5c4a720 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -921,6 +921,15 @@
dev->wiphy.bands[band]->ht_cap.ampdu_density)))
goto nla_put_failure;
+ /* add VHT info */
+ if (dev->wiphy.bands[band]->vht_cap.vht_supported &&
+ (nla_put(msg, NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_MCS_SET,
+ sizeof(dev->wiphy.bands[band]->vht_cap.vht_mcs),
+ &dev->wiphy.bands[band]->vht_cap.vht_mcs) ||
+ nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_CAPA,
+ dev->wiphy.bands[band]->vht_cap.cap)))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
/* add frequencies */
nl_freqs = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_BAND_ATTR_FREQS);
if (!nl_freqs)