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| author | Mihir Shete <smihir@codeaurora.org> | 2013-10-14 00:54:40 +0530 |
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| committer | David Keitel <dkeitel@codeaurora.org> | 2016-03-22 11:16:44 -0700 |
| commit | 56ef16eb6a1b769ef00ad3614efb68cbe2949a1b (patch) | |
| tree | b4d8006b21dc469e05cf26c539e31593b01109f7 /include | |
| parent | 5d657bb340dbe261320504a47953b9f1c4fef78d (diff) | |
cfg80211: export regulatory_hint_user() API
This is to help the hardware configured in world
roaming mode to save power when not connected to
any AP.
CRs-Fixed: 542802
Change-Id: Ia643d0e9848dcd486832973bd6dd186edd7bd4ea
Signed-off-by: Mihir Shete <smihir@codeaurora.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/cfg80211.h | 26 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h index e683ddbb26f0..2052fa44be73 100644 --- a/include/net/cfg80211.h +++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h @@ -3891,6 +3891,32 @@ const u8 *cfg80211_find_vendor_ie(unsigned int oui, u8 oui_type, int regulatory_hint(struct wiphy *wiphy, const char *alpha2); /** + * regulatory_hint_user - hint to the wireless core a regulatory domain + * which the driver has received from an application + * @alpha2: the ISO/IEC 3166 alpha2 the driver claims its regulatory domain + * should be in. If @rd is set this should be NULL. Note that if you + * set this to NULL you should still set rd->alpha2 to some accepted + * alpha2. + * @user_reg_hint_type: the type of user regulatory hint. + * + * Wireless drivers can use this function to hint to the wireless core + * the current regulatory domain as specified by trusted applications, + * it is the driver's responsibilty to estbalish which applications it + * trusts. + * + * The wiphy should be registered to cfg80211 prior to this call. + * For cfg80211 drivers this means you must first use wiphy_register(), + * for mac80211 drivers you must first use ieee80211_register_hw(). + * + * Drivers should check the return value, its possible you can get + * an -ENOMEM or an -EINVAL. + * + * Return: 0 on success. -ENOMEM, -EINVAL. + */ +int regulatory_hint_user(const char *alpha2, + enum nl80211_user_reg_hint_type user_reg_hint_type); + +/** * regulatory_set_wiphy_regd - set regdom info for self managed drivers * @wiphy: the wireless device we want to process the regulatory domain on * @rd: the regulatory domain informatoin to use for this wiphy |