1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index fb58e654f523..b3ada0b3a276 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@
  *      the regulatory core to help with compliance. A dump version of this API
  *      is now available which will returns the global regdomain as well as
  *      all private regdomains of present wiphys (for those that have it).
+ *      If a wiphy is self-managed (%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED_REG), then
+ *      its private regdomain is the only valid one for it. The regulatory
+ *      core is not used to help with compliance in this case.
  * @NL80211_CMD_SET_REG: Set current regulatory domain. CRDA sends this command
  *      after being queried by the kernel. CRDA replies by sending a regulatory
  *      domain structure which consists of %NL80211_ATTR_REG_ALPHA set to our
@@ -1702,6 +1705,11 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_MAC_MASK: MAC address mask
  *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED_REG: flag attribute indicating this device
+ *      is self-managing its regulatory information and any regulatory domain
+ *      obtained from it is coming from the device's wiphy and not the global
+ *      cfg80211 regdomain.
+ *
  * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available
  * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
  * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -2059,6 +2067,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 
         NL80211_ATTR_MAC_MASK,
 
+        NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED_REG,
+
         /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
         __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,