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Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/reg.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/reg.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.h b/net/wireless/reg.h index 3362c7c069b..3018508226a 100644 --- a/net/wireless/reg.h +++ b/net/wireless/reg.h @@ -41,14 +41,25 @@ int regulatory_hint_found_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy, * regulatory_hint_11d - hints a country IE as a regulatory domain * @wiphy: the wireless device giving the hint (used only for reporting * conflicts) + * @band: the band on which the country IE was received on. This determines + * the band we'll process the country IE channel triplets for. * @country_ie: pointer to the country IE * @country_ie_len: length of the country IE * * We will intersect the rd with the what CRDA tells us should apply * for the alpha2 this country IE belongs to, this prevents APs from * sending us incorrect or outdated information against a country. + * + * The AP is expected to provide Country IE channel triplets for the + * band it is on. It is technically possible for APs to send channel + * country IE triplets even for channels outside of the band they are + * in but for that they would have to use the regulatory extension + * in combination with a triplet but this behaviour is currently + * not observed. For this reason if a triplet is seen with channel + * information for a band the BSS is not present in it will be ignored. */ void regulatory_hint_11d(struct wiphy *wiphy, + enum ieee80211_band band, u8 *country_ie, u8 country_ie_len); |