nl80211: Add basic rate configuration for AP mode

Add a new attribute, NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES, that can be used with
NL80211_CMD_SET_BSS for userspace (e.g., hostapd) to set which rates are
in the basic rate set.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
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 e4cc7869b22f..5009809588c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  *      (u8, 0 or 1)
  * @NL80211_ATTR_BSS_SHORT_SLOT_TIME: whether short slot time enabled
  *      (u8, 0 or 1)
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES: basic rates, array of basic
+ *      rates in format defined by IEEE 802.11 7.3.2.2 but without the length
+ *      restriction (at most %NL80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES).
  *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY: HT Capability information element (from
  *      association request when used with NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION)
@@ -307,6 +310,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 
         NL80211_ATTR_MESH_PARAMS,
 
+        NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES,
+
         /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
         __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -318,6 +323,7 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
  * here
  */
 #define NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY
+#define NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES NL80211_ATTR_BSS_BASIC_RATES
 
 #define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES                  32
 #define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_REG_RULES              32