cfg80211: allow advertising VHT capabilities

Allow drivers to advertise their VHT capabilities
and export them to userspace via nl80211.

Signed-off-by: Mahesh Palivela <maheshp@posedge.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index c0fc5d2773388fd2083f1d2b977b1088f67b2018..23003272c70ed1f862f087145c6c07b9328c0122 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1813,6 +1813,9 @@ enum nl80211_mpath_info {
  * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_CAPA: HT capabilities, as in the HT information IE
  * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_AMPDU_FACTOR: A-MPDU factor, as in 11n
  * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_AMPDU_DENSITY: A-MPDU density, as in 11n
+ * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_MCS_SET: 32-byte attribute containing the MCS set as
+ *     defined in 802.11ac
+ * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_CAPA: VHT capabilities, as in the HT information IE
  * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_MAX: highest band attribute currently defined
  * @__NL80211_BAND_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
  */
@@ -1826,6 +1829,9 @@ enum nl80211_band_attr {
        NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_AMPDU_FACTOR,
        NL80211_BAND_ATTR_HT_AMPDU_DENSITY,
 
+       NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_MCS_SET,
+       NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_CAPA,
+
        /* keep last */
        __NL80211_BAND_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
        NL80211_BAND_ATTR_MAX = __NL80211_BAND_ATTR_AFTER_LAST - 1

diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 7d3cd3ce9a268df3b76939de505ee88ae9595e1a..1fc89c4f930c7bfabc3a2d911f9850ca0166f406 100644 (file)
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -210,6 +210,22 @@ struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap {
        struct ieee80211_mcs_info mcs;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap - STA's VHT capabilities
+ *
+ * This structure describes most essential parameters needed
+ * to describe 802.11ac VHT capabilities for an STA.
+ *
+ * @vht_supported: is VHT supported by the STA
+ * @cap: VHT capabilities map as described in 802.11ac spec
+ * @vht_mcs: Supported VHT MCS rates
+ */
+struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap {
+       bool vht_supported;
+       u32 cap; /* use IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_ */
+       struct ieee80211_vht_mcs_info vht_mcs;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct ieee80211_supported_band - frequency band definition
  *
@@ -233,6 +249,7 @@ struct ieee80211_supported_band {
        int n_channels;
        int n_bitrates;
        struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap ht_cap;
+       struct ieee80211_sta_vht_cap vht_cap;
 };
 
 /*

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 067c9fe02a7f507013b2a382d19d9f0482a6e787..5c4a720f04426e3c8a635c730927910048429fdf 100644 (file)
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -921,6 +921,15 @@ static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq, int flags,
                                dev->wiphy.bands[band]->ht_cap.ampdu_density)))
                        goto nla_put_failure;
 
+               /* add VHT info */
+               if (dev->wiphy.bands[band]->vht_cap.vht_supported &&
+                   (nla_put(msg, NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_MCS_SET,
+                            sizeof(dev->wiphy.bands[band]->vht_cap.vht_mcs),
+                            &dev->wiphy.bands[band]->vht_cap.vht_mcs) ||
+                    nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_CAPA,
+                                dev->wiphy.bands[band]->vht_cap.cap)))
+                       goto nla_put_failure;
+
                /* add frequencies */
                nl_freqs = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_BAND_ATTR_FREQS);
                if (!nl_freqs)