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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/regulatory.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/regulatory.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/regulatory.h b/include/net/regulatory.h index b776d72d84b..ebc5a2ed863 100644 --- a/include/net/regulatory.h +++ b/include/net/regulatory.h @@ -147,6 +147,24 @@ struct regulatory_request { * NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT, NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO, * NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE. The flag will be set by default if a device * includes any modes unsupported for enforcement checking. + * @REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED: for devices that employ wiphy-specific + * regdom management. These devices will ignore all regdom changes not + * originating from their own wiphy. + * A self-managed wiphys only employs regulatory information obtained from + * the FW and driver and does not use other cfg80211 sources like + * beacon-hints, country-code IEs and hints from other devices on the same + * system. Conversely, a self-managed wiphy does not share its regulatory + * hints with other devices in the system. If a system contains several + * devices, one or more of which are self-managed, there might be + * contradictory regulatory settings between them. Usage of flag is + * generally discouraged. Only use it if the FW/driver is incompatible + * with non-locally originated hints. + * This flag is incompatible with the flags: %REGULATORY_CUSTOM_REG, + * %REGULATORY_STRICT_REG, %REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_FOLLOW_POWER, + * %REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_IGNORE and %REGULATORY_DISABLE_BEACON_HINTS. + * Mixing any of the above flags with this flag will result in a failure + * to register the wiphy. This flag implies + * %REGULATORY_DISABLE_BEACON_HINTS and %REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_IGNORE. */ enum ieee80211_regulatory_flags { REGULATORY_CUSTOM_REG = BIT(0), @@ -156,6 +174,7 @@ enum ieee80211_regulatory_flags { REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_IGNORE = BIT(4), REGULATORY_ENABLE_RELAX_NO_IR = BIT(5), REGULATORY_IGNORE_STALE_KICKOFF = BIT(6), + REGULATORY_WIPHY_SELF_MANAGED = BIT(7), }; struct ieee80211_freq_range { |