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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index beee59c831a7..64135ab3a7ac 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -571,6 +571,14 @@ * 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). + * Driver shall not modify the IEs specified through %NL80211_ATTR_IE if + * %NL80211_ATTR_MAC is included. However, if %NL80211_ATTR_MAC_HINT is + * included, these IEs through %NL80211_ATTR_IE are specified by the user + * space based on the best possible BSS selected. Thus, if the driver ends + * up selecting a different BSS, it can modify these IEs accordingly (e.g. + * userspace asks the driver to perform PMKSA caching with BSS1 and the + * driver ends up selecting BSS2 with different PMKSA cache entry; RSNIE + * has to get updated with the apt PMKID). * %NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID can be used to request a reassociation within * the ESS in case the device is already associated and an association with * a different BSS is desired. |