cfg80211: Add support to set tx power for a station associated
This patch adds support to set transmit power setting type and transmit
power level attributes to NL80211_CMD_SET_STATION in order to facilitate
adjusting the transmit power level of a station associated to the AP.
The added attributes allow selection of automatic and limited transmit
power level, with the level defined in dBm format.
Co-developed-by: Balaji Pothunoori <bpothuno@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj Nagarajan <arnagara@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Balaji Pothunoori <bpothuno@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 2b03980..2ea04e9 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -975,6 +975,27 @@ enum station_parameters_apply_mask {
STATION_PARAM_APPLY_UAPSD = BIT(0),
STATION_PARAM_APPLY_CAPABILITY = BIT(1),
STATION_PARAM_APPLY_PLINK_STATE = BIT(2),
+ STATION_PARAM_APPLY_STA_TXPOWER = BIT(3),
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct sta_txpwr - station txpower configuration
+ *
+ * Used to configure txpower for station.
+ *
+ * @power: tx power (in dBm) to be used for sending data traffic. If tx power
+ * is not provided, the default per-interface tx power setting will be
+ * overriding. Driver should be picking up the lowest tx power, either tx
+ * power per-interface or per-station.
+ * @type: In particular if TPC %type is NL80211_TX_POWER_LIMITED then tx power
+ * will be less than or equal to specified from userspace, whereas if TPC
+ * %type is NL80211_TX_POWER_AUTOMATIC then it indicates default tx power.
+ * NL80211_TX_POWER_FIXED is not a valid configuration option for
+ * per peer TPC.
+ */
+struct sta_txpwr {
+ s16 power;
+ enum nl80211_tx_power_setting type;
};
/**
@@ -1049,6 +1070,7 @@ struct station_parameters {
const struct ieee80211_he_cap_elem *he_capa;
u8 he_capa_len;
u16 airtime_weight;
+ struct sta_txpwr txpwr;
};
/**