nl80211/cfg80211: support VHT channel configuration

Change nl80211 to support specifying a VHT (or HT)
using the control channel frequency (as before) and
new attributes for the channel width and first and
second center frequency. The old channel type is of
course still supported for HT.

Also change the cfg80211 channel definition struct
to support these by adding the relevant fields to
it (and removing the _type field.)

This also adds new helper functions:
 - cfg80211_chandef_create to create a channel def
   struct given the control channel and channel type,
 - cfg80211_chandef_identical to check if two channel
   definitions are identical
 - cfg80211_chandef_compatible to check if the given
   channel definitions are compatible, and return the
   wider of the two

This isn't entirely complete, but that doesn't matter
until we have a driver using it. In particular, it's
missing
 - regulatory checks on the usable bandwidth (if that
   even makes sense)
 - regulatory TX power (database can't deal with it)
 - a proper channel compatibility calculation for the
   new channel types

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 52 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 82b5ad38435..84f9c7d84c6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -118,8 +118,9 @@
  *	to get a list of all present wiphys.
  * @NL80211_CMD_SET_WIPHY: set wiphy parameters, needs %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY or
  *	%NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX; can be used to set %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME,
- *	%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TXQ_PARAMS, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ,
- *	%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_SHORT,
+ *	%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TXQ_PARAMS, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ (and the
+ *	attributes determining the channel width; this is used for setting
+ *	monitor mode channel),  %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_SHORT,
  *	%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_LONG, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FRAG_THRESHOLD,
  *	and/or %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RTS_THRESHOLD.
  *	However, for setting the channel, see %NL80211_CMD_SET_CHANNEL
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@
  *	%NL80211_ATTR_AKM_SUITES, %NL80211_ATTR_PRIVACY,
  *	%NL80211_ATTR_AUTH_TYPE and %NL80211_ATTR_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT.
  *	The channel to use can be set on the interface or be given using the
- *	%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE attrs.
+ *	%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ and the attributes determining channel width.
  * @NL80211_CMD_NEW_BEACON: old alias for %NL80211_CMD_START_AP
  * @NL80211_CMD_STOP_AP: Stop AP operation on the given interface
  * @NL80211_CMD_DEL_BEACON: old alias for %NL80211_CMD_STOP_AP
@@ -471,8 +472,8 @@
  *	command is used as an event to indicate the that a trigger level was
  *	reached.
  * @NL80211_CMD_SET_CHANNEL: Set the channel (using %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ
- *	and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE) the given interface (identifed
- *	by %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX) shall operate on.
+ *	and the attributes determining channel width) the given interface
+ *	(identifed by %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX) shall operate on.
  *	In case multiple channels are supported by the device, the mechanism
  *	with which it switches channels is implementation-defined.
  *	When a monitor interface is given, it can only switch channel while
@@ -566,8 +567,8 @@
  *
  * @NL80211_CMD_CH_SWITCH_NOTIFY: An AP or GO may decide to switch channels
  *	independently of the userspace SME, send this event indicating
- *	%NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX is now on %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ with
- *	%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE.
+ *	%NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX is now on %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ and the
+ *	attributes determining channel width.
  *
  * @NL80211_CMD_START_P2P_DEVICE: Start the given P2P Device, identified by
  *	its %NL80211_ATTR_WDEV identifier. It must have been created with
@@ -771,14 +772,26 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  *	/sys/class/ieee80211/<phyname>/index
  * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME: wiphy name (used for renaming)
  * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TXQ_PARAMS: a nested array of TX queue parameters
- * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ: frequency of the selected channel in MHz
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ: frequency of the selected channel in MHz,
+ *	defines the channel together with the (deprecated)
+ *	%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE attribute or the attributes
+ *	%NL80211_ATTR_CHANNEL_WIDTH and if needed %NL80211_ATTR_CENTER_FREQ1
+ *	and %NL80211_ATTR_CENTER_FREQ2
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_CHANNEL_WIDTH: u32 attribute containing one of the values
+ *	of &enum nl80211_chan_width, describing the channel width. See the
+ *	documentation of the enum for more information.
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_CENTER_FREQ1: Center frequency of the first part of the
+ *	channel, used for anything but 20 MHz bandwidth
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_CENTER_FREQ2: Center frequency of the second part of the
+ *	channel, used only for 80+80 MHz bandwidth
  * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_CHANNEL_TYPE: included with NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ
- *	if HT20 or HT40 are allowed (i.e., 802.11n disabled if not included):
+ *	if HT20 or HT40 are to be used (i.e., HT disabled if not included):
  *	NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT = HT not allowed (i.e., same as not including
  *		this attribute)
  *	NL80211_CHAN_HT20 = HT20 only
  *	NL80211_CHAN_HT40MINUS = secondary channel is below the primary channel
  *	NL80211_CHAN_HT40PLUS = secondary channel is above the primary channel
+ *	This attribute is now deprecated.
  * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_SHORT: TX retry limit for frames whose length is
  *	less than or equal to the RTS threshold; allowed range: 1..255;
  *	dot11ShortRetryLimit; u8
@@ -1553,6 +1566,10 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 
 	NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FLAGS,
 
+	NL80211_ATTR_CHANNEL_WIDTH,
+	NL80211_ATTR_CENTER_FREQ1,
+	NL80211_ATTR_CENTER_FREQ2,
+
 	/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
 	__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -2455,6 +2472,32 @@ enum nl80211_channel_type {
 };
 
 /**
+ * enum nl80211_chan_width - channel width definitions
+ *
+ * These values are used with the %NL80211_ATTR_CHANNEL_WIDTH
+ * attribute.
+ *
+ * @NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT: 20 MHz, non-HT channel
+ * @NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20: 20 MHz HT channel
+ * @NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_40: 40 MHz channel, the %NL80211_ATTR_CENTER_FREQ1
+ *	attribute must be provided as well
+ * @NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_80: 80 MHz channel, the %NL80211_ATTR_CENTER_FREQ1
+ *	attribute must be provided as well
+ * @NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_80P80: 80+80 MHz channel, the %NL80211_ATTR_CENTER_FREQ1
+ *	and %NL80211_ATTR_CENTER_FREQ2 attributes must be provided as well
+ * @NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_160: 160 MHz channel, the %NL80211_ATTR_CENTER_FREQ1
+ *	attribute must be provided as well
+ */
+enum nl80211_chan_width {
+	NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT,
+	NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20,
+	NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_40,
+	NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_80,
+	NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_80P80,
+	NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_160,
+};
+
+/**
  * enum nl80211_bss - netlink attributes for a BSS
  *
  * @__NL80211_BSS_INVALID: invalid