mac80211/cfg80211: HT capabilities for NEW_STA
Allow userspace (e.g., hostapd) to set HT capabilities for associated
STAs. This is based on a patch from Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> (only
the NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY for NEW_STA part is included here).
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 47542ee..4d6c02a 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_CTS_PROT] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_SHORT_PREAMBLE] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[NL80211_ATTR_BSS_SHORT_SLOT_TIME] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
+
+ [NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
+ .len = NL80211_HT_CAPABILITY_LEN },
};
/* message building helper */
@@ -1129,6 +1132,10 @@
params.listen_interval =
nla_get_u16(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_LISTEN_INTERVAL]);
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY])
+ params.ht_capa =
+ nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY]);
+
if (parse_station_flags(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_FLAGS],
¶ms.station_flags))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -1192,6 +1199,9 @@
params.listen_interval =
nla_get_u16(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_LISTEN_INTERVAL]);
params.aid = nla_get_u16(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_AID]);
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY])
+ params.ht_capa =
+ nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_HT_CAPABILITY]);
if (parse_station_flags(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_STA_FLAGS],
¶ms.station_flags))