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diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 71f8262fc1d..82558c8decf 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -973,21 +973,29 @@ static inline bool ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
* generation in software.
* @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_PAIRWISE: Set by mac80211, this flag indicates
* that the key is pairwise rather then a shared key.
- * @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_SW_MGMT: This flag should be set by the driver for a
+ * @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_SW_MGMT_TX: This flag should be set by the driver for a
* CCMP key if it requires CCMP encryption of management frames (MFP) to
* be done in software.
* @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_PUT_IV_SPACE: This flag should be set by the driver
* if space should be prepared for the IV, but the IV
* itself should not be generated. Do not set together with
* @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV on the same key.
+ * @IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_RX_MGMT: This key will be used to decrypt received
+ * management frames. The flag can help drivers that have a hardware
+ * crypto implementation that doesn't deal with management frames
+ * properly by allowing them to not upload the keys to hardware and
+ * fall back to software crypto. Note that this flag deals only with
+ * RX, if your crypto engine can't deal with TX you can also set the
+ * %IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_SW_MGMT_TX flag to encrypt such frames in SW.
*/
enum ieee80211_key_flags {
IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_WMM_STA = 1<<0,
IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV = 1<<1,
IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_MMIC= 1<<2,
IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_PAIRWISE = 1<<3,
- IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_SW_MGMT = 1<<4,
+ IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_SW_MGMT_TX = 1<<4,
IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_PUT_IV_SPACE = 1<<5,
+ IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_RX_MGMT = 1<<6,
};
/**