[PATCH] hostap: VHT cap NL layer

Mahesh Palivela maheshp
Tue Jul 3 00:38:41 PDT 2012


To Save hw vendors VHT capabilities coming through NL layer(part of 11ac changes). Corresponding kernel side NL changes are already in wireless-testing git repository.

Signed-hostap: Mahesh Palivela <maheshp at posedge.com>
---
 src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c |   12 ++++++++++++
 src/drivers/nl80211_copy.h   |    6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c index 92a7de0..63d8280 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -4757,6 +4757,18 @@ static int phy_info_handler(struct nl_msg *msg, void *arg)
 			os_memcpy(mode->mcs_set, mcs, 16);
 		}
 
+		if (tb_band[NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_CAPA]) {
+			mode->vht_capab = nla_get_u32(
+				tb_band[NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_CAPA]);
+		}
+
+		if (tb_band[NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_MCS_SET] &&
+		    nla_len(tb_band[NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_MCS_SET])) {
+			u8 *mcs;
+			mcs = nla_data(tb_band[NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_MCS_SET]);
+			os_memcpy(mode->vht_mcs_set, mcs, 8);
+		}
+
 		nla_for_each_nested(nl_freq, tb_band[NL80211_BAND_ATTR_FREQS], rem_freq) {
 			nla_parse(tb_freq, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_MAX, nla_data(nl_freq),
 				  nla_len(nl_freq), freq_policy);
diff --git a/src/drivers/nl80211_copy.h b/src/drivers/nl80211_copy.h index 1335084..b75c01e 100644
--- a/src/drivers/nl80211_copy.h
+++ b/src/drivers/nl80211_copy.h
@@ -1786,6 +1786,9 @@ 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: 8-byte attribute containing the MCS set as
+ *	defined in 802.11ac
+ * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_VHT_CAPA: VHT capabilities, as in the VHT 
+ capabilities IE
  * @NL80211_BAND_ATTR_MAX: highest band attribute currently defined
  * @__NL80211_BAND_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
  */
@@ -1799,6 +1802,9 @@ 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



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