cfg80211: Add background scan period attribute.
Receive background scan period as part of connect
command and pass the same to the driver.
Signed-off-by: Bala Shanmugam <bkamatch@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index c37d67a..e474f6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -369,6 +369,11 @@
* %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ, %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT,
* %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE and
* %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT.
+ * Background scan period can optionally be
+ * specified in %NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD,
+ * if not specified default background scan configuration
+ * in driver is used and if period value is 0, bg scan will be disabled.
+ * This attribute is ignored if driver does not support roam scan.
* It is also sent as an event, with the BSSID and response IEs when the
* connection is established or failed to be established. This can be
* determined by the STATUS_CODE attribute.
@@ -1207,6 +1212,9 @@
* this attribute is (depending on the driver capabilities) added to
* received frames indicated with %NL80211_CMD_FRAME.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD: Background scan period in seconds
+ * or 0 to disable background scan.
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -1456,6 +1464,8 @@
NL80211_ATTR_RX_SIGNAL_DBM,
+ NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,