cfg80211/mac80211: report signal strength for mgmt frames

Add the signal strength (in dBm only for now) to
frames that are received via nl80211's various
frame APIs.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 9f46c62b1eee..c37d67add090 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1203,6 +1203,10 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  *      the list. This needs to be used when the driver advertises the
  *      capability to timeout the stations.
  *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_RX_SIGNAL_DBM: signal strength in dBm (as a 32-bit int);
+ *      this attribute is (depending on the driver capabilities) added to
+ *      received frames indicated with %NL80211_CMD_FRAME.
+ *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
  * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
  */
@@ -1450,6 +1454,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 
         NL80211_ATTR_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT,
 
+        NL80211_ATTR_RX_SIGNAL_DBM,
+
         /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
         __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,