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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 91054fd660e..e57de331806 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -418,8 +418,18 @@
* %NL80211_ATTR_SSID attribute, and can optionally specify the association
* IEs in %NL80211_ATTR_IE, %NL80211_ATTR_AUTH_TYPE, %NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP,
* %NL80211_ATTR_MAC, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ, %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT,
- * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE and
- * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT.
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE,
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT, and
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT.
+ * If included, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ are
+ * restrictions on BSS selection, i.e., they effectively prevent roaming
+ * within the ESS. %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT
+ * can be included to provide a recommendation of the initial BSS while
+ * allowing the driver to roam to other BSSes within the ESS and also to
+ * ignore this recommendation if the indicated BSS is not ideal. Only one
+ * set of BSSID,frequency parameters is used (i.e., either the enforcing
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_MAC,%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ or the less strict
+ * %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT and %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT).
* Background scan period can optionally be
* specified in %NL80211_ATTR_BG_SCAN_PERIOD,
* if not specified default background scan configuration
@@ -1555,6 +1565,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* data is in the format defined for the payload of the QoS Map Set element
* in IEEE Std 802.11-2012, 8.4.2.97.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT: MAC address recommendation as initial BSS
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT: frequency of the recommended initial BSS
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -1883,6 +1896,9 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_QOS_MAP,
+ NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT,
+ NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ_HINT,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,