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>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index c37d67add090..e474f6e780cc 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 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  *      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 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 
         NL80211_ATTR_RX_SIGNAL_DBM,
 
+        NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD,
+
         /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
         __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,