linux-stable.git/include/linux/nl80211.h, branch linux-2.6.30.y

nl80211: Remove NL80211_CMD_SET_MGMT_EXTRA_IE

2009-03-28T00:13:04+00:00

The functionality that NL80211_CMD_SET_MGMT_EXTRA_IE provided can now
be achieved with cleaner design by adding IE(s) into
NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN, NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE,
NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE, NL80211_CMD_DEAUTHENTICATE, and
NL80211_CMD_DISASSOCIATE.

Since this is a very recently added command and there are no known (or
known planned) applications using NL80211_CMD_SET_MGMT_EXTRA_IE and
taken into account how much extra complexity it adds to the IE
processing we have now (and need to add in the future to fix IE order
in couple of frames), it looks like the best option is to just remove
the implementation of this command for now. The enum values themselves
are left to avoid changing the nl80211 command or attribute numbers.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

nl80211: Add MLME primitives to support external SME

2009-03-28T00:13:02+00:00

This patch adds new nl80211 commands to allow user space to request
authentication and association (and also deauthentication and
disassociation). The commands are structured to allow separate
authentication and association steps, i.e., the interface between
kernel and user space is similar to the MLME SAP interface in IEEE
802.11 standard and an user space application takes the role of the
SME.

The patch introduces MLME-AUTHENTICATE.request,
MLME-{,RE}ASSOCIATE.request, MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.request, and
MLME-DISASSOCIATE.request primitives. The authentication and
association commands request the actual operations in two steps
(assuming the driver supports this; if not, separate authentication
step is skipped; this could end up being a separate "connect"
command).

The initial implementation for mac80211 uses the current
net/mac80211/mlme.c for actual sending and processing of management
frames and the new nl80211 commands will just stop the current state
machine from moving automatically from authentication to association.
Future cleanup may move more of the MLME operations into cfg80211.

The goal of this design is to provide more control of authentication and
association process to user space without having to move the full MLME
implementation. This should be enough to allow IEEE 802.11r FT protocol
and 802.11s SAE authentication to be implemented. Obviously, this will
also bring the extra benefit of not having to use WEXT for association
requests with mac80211. An example implementation of a user space SME
using the new nl80211 commands is available for wpa_supplicant.

This patch is enough to get IEEE 802.11r FT protocol working with
over-the-air mechanism (over-the-DS will need additional MLME
primitives for handling the FT Action frames).

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

nl80211: Event notifications for MLME events

2009-03-28T00:13:02+00:00

Add new nl80211 event notifications (and a new multicast group, "mlme")
for informing user space about received and processed Authentication,
(Re)Association Response, Deauthentication, and Disassociation frames in
station and IBSS modes (i.e., MLME SAP interface primitives
MLME-AUTHENTICATE.confirm, MLME-ASSOCIATE.confirm,
MLME-REASSOCIATE.confirm, MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.indicate, and
MLME-DISASSOCIATE.indication). The event data is encapsulated as the 802.11
management frame since we already have the frame in that format and it
includes all the needed information.

This is the initial step in providing MLME SAP interface for
authentication and association with nl80211. In other words, kernel code
will act as the MLME and a user space application can control it as the
SME.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

nl80211: export supported commands

2009-03-28T00:12:53+00:00

This makes nl80211 export the supported commands (command groups)
per wiphy so userspace has an idea what it can do -- this will be
required reading for userspace when we introduce auth/assoc /or/
connect for older hardware that cannot separate auth and assoc.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

cfg80211: add regulatory netlink multicast group

2009-03-16T22:09:40+00:00

This allows us to send to userspace "regulatory" events.
For now we just send an event when we change regulatory domains.
We also notify userspace when devices are using their own custom
world roaming regulatory domains.

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

cfg80211: move enum reg_set_by to nl80211.h

2009-03-16T22:09:40+00:00

We do this so we can later inform userspace who set the
regulatory domain and provide details of the request.

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

nl80211: Provide access to STA TX/RX packet counters

2009-02-27T19:52:39+00:00

The TX/RX packet counters are needed to fill in RADIUS Accounting
attributes Acct-Output-Packets and Acct-Input-Packets. We already
collect the needed information, but only the TX/RX bytes were
previously exposed through nl80211. Allow applications to fetch the
packet counters, too, to provide more complete support for accounting.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen 
Acked-by: Johannes Berg 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

cfg80211/nl80211: scanning (and mac80211 update to use it)

2009-02-13T18:45:49+00:00

This patch adds basic scan capability to cfg80211/nl80211 and
changes mac80211 to use it. The BSS list that cfg80211 maintains
is made driver-accessible with a private area in each BSS struct,
but mac80211 doesn't yet use it. That's another large project.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

cfg80211: add get reg command

2009-02-09T20:03:45+00:00

This lets userspace request to get the currently set
regulatory domain.

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

nl80211: New command for adding extra IE(s) into management frames

2009-01-29T21:00:35+00:00

A new nl80211 command, NL80211_CMD_SET_MGMT_EXTRA_IE, can be used to
add arbitrary IE data into the end of management frames. The interface
allows extra IEs to be configured for each management frame subtype, but
only some of them (ProbeReq, ProbeResp, Auth, (Re)AssocReq, Deauth,
Disassoc) are currently accepted in mac80211 implementation.

This makes it easier to implement IEEE 802.11 extensions like WPS and
FT that add IE(s) into some management frames. In addition, this can
be useful for testing and experimentation purposes.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen 
Acked-by: Johannes Berg 
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville