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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index 8ecb0fbee721..a984c6c4cf02 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -1167,6 +1167,23 @@ * %NL80211_ATTR_STATUS_CODE attribute in %NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH * command interface. * + * Host driver sends MLD address of the AP with %NL80211_ATTR_MLD_ADDR in + * %NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH event to indicate user space to enable MLO + * during the authentication offload in STA mode while connecting to MLD + * APs. Host driver should check %NL80211_ATTR_MLO_SUPPORT flag capability + * in %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT to know whether the user space supports enabling + * MLO during the authentication offload or not. + * User space should enable MLO during the authentication only when it + * receives the AP MLD address in authentication offload request. User + * space shouldn't enable MLO when the authentication offload request + * doesn't indicate the AP MLD address even if the AP is MLO capable. + * User space should use %NL80211_ATTR_MLD_ADDR as peer's MLD address and + * interface address identified by %NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX as self MLD + * address. User space and host driver to use MLD addresses in RA, TA and + * BSSID fields of the frames between them, and host driver translates the + * MLD addresses to/from link addresses based on the link chosen for the + * authentication. + * * Host driver reports this status on an authentication failure to the * user space through the connect result as the user space would have * initiated the connection through the connect request. |