From: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
To: johannes@sipsolutions.net, linville@tuxdriver.com
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] iw: Sync nl80211.h with wireless-testing
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:49:32 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100727094932.27300.10253.stgit@tt-desk> (raw)
Adding antenna attributes.
Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org>
---
nl80211.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/nl80211.h b/nl80211.h
index 2c87016..b9de53c 100644
--- a/nl80211.h
+++ b/nl80211.h
@@ -731,6 +731,20 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
* This is used in association with @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TX_POWER_SETTING
* for non-automatic settings.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX: Bitmap of allowed antennas for transmitting.
+ * Each bit represents one antenna, starting with antenna 1 at the first
+ * bit. If the bitmap is zero (0), the TX antenna follows RX diversity.
+ * If multiple antennas are selected all selected antennas have to be used
+ * for transmitting (801.11n multiple TX chains).
+ * Drivers may reject configurations they cannot support.
+ *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX: Bitmap of allowed antennas for receiving.
+ * Each bit represents one antenna, starting with antenna 1 at the first
+ * bit. If multiple antennas are selected in the bitmap, 802.11n devices
+ * should use multiple RX chains on these antennas, while non-802.11n
+ * drivers should use antenna diversity between these antennas.
+ * Drivers may reject configurations they cannot support.
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -891,6 +905,9 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TX_POWER_SETTING,
NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TX_POWER_LEVEL,
+ NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX,
+ NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
next reply other threads:[~2010-07-27 9:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-27 9:49 Bruno Randolf [this message]
2010-07-27 9:49 ` [PATCH 2/2] iw: Add antenna configuration commands Bruno Randolf
2010-07-27 10:04 ` Johannes Berg
2010-07-28 2:07 ` Bruno Randolf
2010-07-28 6:50 ` Johannes Berg
2010-07-28 8:29 ` Bruno Randolf
2010-07-29 3:35 ` Bruno Randolf
2010-07-29 7:49 ` Johannes Berg
2010-07-29 9:14 ` Bruno Randolf
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